A Universal History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole Period, from the Earliest Discoveries, Down to the Present Time. Giving a Description of the Western Country ...E. Strong, 1831 - 534 Seiten |
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... garrison , and acquainted Sassacus with every thing he could discover . He had been present at the slaughter of all the English who had been killed at Saybrook . Uncas , and his men , insisted upon executing him ac- cording to the ...
... garrison , and acquainted Sassacus with every thing he could discover . He had been present at the slaughter of all the English who had been killed at Saybrook . Uncas , and his men , insisted upon executing him ac- cording to the ...
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... garrison at Saybrook fort , should supply their places . On Friday , May 19th , the captain sailed for Narra- ganset bay , and arrived on Saturday at the desired port . On Monday , Captain Mason and Captain Underhill marched with a ...
... garrison at Saybrook fort , should supply their places . On Friday , May 19th , the captain sailed for Narra- ganset bay , and arrived on Saturday at the desired port . On Monday , Captain Mason and Captain Underhill marched with a ...
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... garrison , to whom the loss was distressing . English ships of war were continually arriving , and added such strength to the fleet , that a combined attack upon the town was resolved upon . The enemy , discovering this design , deemed ...
... garrison , to whom the loss was distressing . English ships of war were continually arriving , and added such strength to the fleet , that a combined attack upon the town was resolved upon . The enemy , discovering this design , deemed ...
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... garrison was so reinforced as to amount to nine thousand men . On the reception of this intelligence , it was judged inexpedient to proceed , and the expedition was given up . Had the Earl of Loudon been a man of enterprise- had he ...
... garrison was so reinforced as to amount to nine thousand men . On the reception of this intelligence , it was judged inexpedient to proceed , and the expedition was given up . Had the Earl of Loudon been a man of enterprise- had he ...
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... garrison consisted of about three thousand , and the forti- fications were said to be good . At Fort Edward , scarcely fourteen miles distant , lay General Webb , with four thou- sand troops . The regular troops at the two posts , were ...
... garrison consisted of about three thousand , and the forti- fications were said to be good . At Fort Edward , scarcely fourteen miles distant , lay General Webb , with four thou- sand troops . The regular troops at the two posts , were ...
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American Andross appointed arms army arrived artillery assembly attack attempt batteries boats Boston Britain British British army Captain Colonel colonies command commenced Commodore congress Connecticut Connecticut River Count D'Estaing Creek defence despatched destroyed detached dollars dred duty enemy enemy's England English escape execution favour Fayette fell fire five fleet force Fort Edward four French frigate garrison George Prevost governor guns harbour honour hundred immediately Indians inhabitants Island killed La Fayette Lake land liberty Lieutenant Lord Cornwallis loss marched Massachusetts ment miles militia Mississippi morning Narraganset nation neral New-England New-York night officers Ohio ordered party passed peace Pequots port possession president prisoners received regiment retired retreat returned River sachem Sackett's Harbour sailed sent settlement ships Sir Henry Clinton soon South Carolina spirit squadron territory thousand tion took town treaty troops United vessels victory Virginia Washington whole wounded
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Seite 398 - We owe it, therefore, to candor, and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare, that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
Seite 251 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Seite 29 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Seite 251 - ... freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of person, under the protection of the Habeas Corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Seite 398 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America...
Seite 236 - WELCOME, mighty chief, once more Welcome to this grateful shore ; Now no mercenary foe Aims again the fatal blow ; Aims at THEE the fatal blow. " Virgins fair and matrons grave, Those thy conquering arms did save, Build for THEE triumphal bowers. Strew, ye fair, his way with flowers, Strew your Hero's way with flowers.
Seite 251 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority...
Seite 31 - Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings ? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Seite 168 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Seite 30 - The eternal God is thy refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms : And he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; And shall say, Destroy them.