The History of Virginia: From Its First Settlement to the Present Day, Band 4author, 1816 |
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... corps , and the captains under them ; that the militia on duty , since the Indian expedition , consisted of 100 men , at a temporary fort , near the mouth of the great Kenha- way , as well for taking care of the men wounded in the ...
... corps , and the captains under them ; that the militia on duty , since the Indian expedition , consisted of 100 men , at a temporary fort , near the mouth of the great Kenha- way , as well for taking care of the men wounded in the ...
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... corps , during the whole V. of the attack , did not advance farther than the Bridge . As it had been usual with both parties to usher in each day by the discharge of some guns , the first firing of the ministerialists did not create any ...
... corps , during the whole V. of the attack , did not advance farther than the Bridge . As it had been usual with both parties to usher in each day by the discharge of some guns , the first firing of the ministerialists did not create any ...
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... corps to which he belonged was early o- dered out against the Colonies . Unwilling to draw his sword in support of an administration whose encroachments he had so warmly reprobated in his Legislative capacity , he resigned his military ...
... corps to which he belonged was early o- dered out against the Colonies . Unwilling to draw his sword in support of an administration whose encroachments he had so warmly reprobated in his Legislative capacity , he resigned his military ...
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... corps , an eighteen pounder , and a field - piece ; they pre- vented the co - operation of the detachment on Long Island , and the landing of troops from the fleet . In the afternoon , Colonel Mulhenburgh , with his Virginia battalion ...
... corps , an eighteen pounder , and a field - piece ; they pre- vented the co - operation of the detachment on Long Island , and the landing of troops from the fleet . In the afternoon , Colonel Mulhenburgh , with his Virginia battalion ...
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... corps of engineers , and to establish their pay ; to apply to any of the States for such aid of the militia as he should judge necessary ; to form such magazines of provisions , and in such places , as he should think proper ; to ...
... corps of engineers , and to establish their pay ; to apply to any of the States for such aid of the militia as he should judge necessary ; to form such magazines of provisions , and in such places , as he should think proper ; to ...
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American appointed arms army Arnold Assembly attack body Britain British British army Captain cause cavalry CHAP circumstances Clinton Colonel colony Commander in Chief Committee committee of safety Commonwealth Congress Continental Convention corps Council declared defence Delegates detachment Edmund Pendleton effect enemy enemy's enterprize Executive expedition Fayette fire fleet force French Gates Governor Henry honour hopes hostile House of Burgesses immediately Indians infantry inhabitants James river Jefferson La Fayette land late Legislature letter liberty Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel Lord Cornwallis Lord Dunmore measures ment military militia neral New-York Norfolk North Carolina object officers party patriotic persons Portsmouth present prisoners proceeded received regiment reinforcements rendered resolution resolved respect retired retreat river ships Sir Henry Clinton situation soldiers soon South spirit station Tarleton tion town troops vessels Virginia Washington whilst whole Williamsburg Woodford wounded
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 129 - They nourished up ~by YOUR indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule them...
Seite 170 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts made by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice...
Seite 241 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Seite 240 - My Lords, we are called upon as members of this House, as men, as Christians, to protest against such horrible barbarity ! — " That God and nature have put into our hands !" What ideas of God and nature, that noble Lord may entertain, I know not; but I know, that such detestable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity.
Seite 129 - They protected by your arms ! They have nobly taken up arms in your defence ; have exerted a valour amidst their constant and laborious industry, for the defence of a country whose frontier was drenched in blood, while its interior parts yielded all its little savings to your emolument.
Seite 349 - ... little republics, with a warden at the head of each, for all those concerns which, being under their eye, they would better manage than the larger republics of the county or State.
Seite 139 - Forasmuch as all the endeavours of the United Colonies, by the most decent representations and petitions to the king and parliament of Great Britain, to restore peace and security to America under the British government, and a reunion with that people upon just and liberal terms, instead of a redress of grievances, have produced, from an imperious and vindictive administration, increased insult, oppression, and a vigorous attempt to effect our total destruction.
Seite 140 - Congress, be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent States, absolved from all allegiance to, or dependence upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain ; and that they give the assent of this Colony to such declaration, and to whatever measures may be thought proper and necessary by the Congress for forming foreign alliances, and a confederation of the Colonies, at such time, and in...
Seite 241 - My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.
Seite 170 - He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the work of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.