The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Band 4author, 1788 |
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... paffed over to Staten Island , with a large body of troops , and took the neceffary measures for moving them to the continent , whenever circum- ftances might require their acting . Clinton's proposals were rejected , and his meffengers ...
... paffed over to Staten Island , with a large body of troops , and took the neceffary measures for moving them to the continent , whenever circum- ftances might require their acting . Clinton's proposals were rejected , and his meffengers ...
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... paffed through Richmond on his way home , the Virginia house of delegates on December the 28th- " Refolved , nemine contradicente , That a committee of four be appointed to wait on major general Gates , and to affure him of the high ...
... paffed through Richmond on his way home , the Virginia house of delegates on December the 28th- " Refolved , nemine contradicente , That a committee of four be appointed to wait on major general Gates , and to affure him of the high ...
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... paffed through Richmond on his way home , the Virginia house of delegates on December the 28th- " Refolved , nemine contradicente , That a committee of four be appointed to wait on major general Gates , and to affure him of the high ...
... paffed through Richmond on his way home , the Virginia house of delegates on December the 28th- " Refolved , nemine contradicente , That a committee of four be appointed to wait on major general Gates , and to affure him of the high ...
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... paffed it without any difficulty . About two hours after Morgan had croffed , the British advance arrived . It rained hard that night , and the river rose fo high as to prevent lord Cornwallis's getting over . The rife was owing chiefly ...
... paffed it without any difficulty . About two hours after Morgan had croffed , the British advance arrived . It rained hard that night , and the river rose fo high as to prevent lord Cornwallis's getting over . The rife was owing chiefly ...
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... paffed on , intending to leave them to the treatment of their countrymen under Pickens . When these came up , and a firing had com- menced between them and the royalifts , Lee with his cavalry returned and fell upon the latter ; who not ...
... paffed on , intending to leave them to the treatment of their countrymen under Pickens . When these came up , and a firing had com- menced between them and the royalifts , Lee with his cavalry returned and fell upon the latter ; who not ...
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Seite 293 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Seite 297 - ... or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Seite 294 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Seite 351 - Almighty God hath created the mind free ; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion...
Seite 294 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Seite 316 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Seite 297 - ... his Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of the American inhabitants...
Seite 376 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved...
Seite 293 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 376 - ... or injurious to others ; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe ; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish...