A History of the United States of America: From the First Discovery to the Fourth of March 1825R. Robbins, 1825 - Počet stran: 422 |
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... Section II . In May , 1497 , John Cabot , and his son , Sebastian Cabot , commenced a voyage of discovery , under the patronage of Henry VII . king of England ; and on the 24th of June , dis- covered land , which , being the first they ...
... Section II . In May , 1497 , John Cabot , and his son , Sebastian Cabot , commenced a voyage of discovery , under the patronage of Henry VII . king of England ; and on the 24th of June , dis- covered land , which , being the first they ...
Strana 33
... Section VIII While the Virginians were mourning their bsses , the Pymouth colony be- gan to experienc the distreses of famine . By the time their phnting was finished in 1623 , their provisions were so far exausted , that they had ...
... Section VIII While the Virginians were mourning their bsses , the Pymouth colony be- gan to experienc the distreses of famine . By the time their phnting was finished in 1623 , their provisions were so far exausted , that they had ...
Strana 34
... Section XI . It has been stated , that the lands , upon which the Plymouth colony settled , were granted by the crown to " the Council of Plymouth , " in England , in November , 1620 . This was the same month that the Puritans had ...
... Section XI . It has been stated , that the lands , upon which the Plymouth colony settled , were granted by the crown to " the Council of Plymouth , " in England , in November , 1620 . This was the same month that the Puritans had ...
Strana 36
... Section XII . In 1632 , Charles I. granted a patent to Lord Baltimore , conveying to him a tract of country on the Chesapeake Bay , which , in honour of Henrietta Maria , daughter of Henry the great of Fiance , he named MARYLAND . The ...
... Section XII . In 1632 , Charles I. granted a patent to Lord Baltimore , conveying to him a tract of country on the Chesapeake Bay , which , in honour of Henrietta Maria , daughter of Henry the great of Fiance , he named MARYLAND . The ...
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... Section XVIII . The following year , January 14 , 1639 , the three towns on Connecticut river , Windsor , Hartford , and Wethersfield , finding themselves without the limits of the Massachu- setts patent , met , and formed themselves ...
... Section XVIII . The following year , January 14 , 1639 , the three towns on Connecticut river , Windsor , Hartford , and Wethersfield , finding themselves without the limits of the Massachu- setts patent , met , and formed themselves ...
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Strana 297 - 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...
Strana 166 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Strana 154 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Strana 242 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Strana 297 - ... 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...
Strana 287 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
Strana 222 - Let me hope, Sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem towards me, if aught in my misfortunes marks me as the victim of policy and not of resentment, I shall experience the operation of these feelings in your breast, by being informed that I am not to die on a gibbet.
Strana 80 - God would not impute the guilt of it to ourselves nor others; and we also pray that we may be considered candidly and aright by the living sufferers, as being then under the power of a strong and general delusion, utterly unacquainted with, and not experienced in , matters of that nature.
Strana 152 - Resolved, therefore, That the general assembly of this colony have the sole right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this colony; and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom.
Strana 294 - ... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States...