The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Volume 4author, 1788 - United States |
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... affembly , to their great honor , inftantly paffed an act for their pre- fent relief and future provifion , until they fhould have time to recover from their calamitous fituation . The Jews were foon followed by the Americans , fome of ...
... affembly , to their great honor , inftantly paffed an act for their pre- fent relief and future provifion , until they fhould have time to recover from their calamitous fituation . The Jews were foon followed by the Americans , fome of ...
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... affembly of Virginia pri- June foners . They had removed from Richmond to Char- lotte - ville to be out of the way of Cornwallis ; and re- ceived information of Tarleton's approach but just time enough to escape his legion . They now ...
... affembly of Virginia pri- June foners . They had removed from Richmond to Char- lotte - ville to be out of the way of Cornwallis ; and re- ceived information of Tarleton's approach but just time enough to escape his legion . They now ...
Page 138
... affembly with their prefence , to oblige the British officers with their hand in a dance , or even to accompany them , notwithstanding the engaging qua- lities that many of them poffeffed . But no fooner was an American officer ...
... affembly with their prefence , to oblige the British officers with their hand in a dance , or even to accompany them , notwithstanding the engaging qua- lities that many of them poffeffed . But no fooner was an American officer ...
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... affembled ; and two pieces of field ordnance fo taken , were by a refolve of congrefs , to be . prefented by gen . Washington to count de Rochambeau , with a fhort memorandum engraved thereon , " that congrefs were induced to present ...
... affembled ; and two pieces of field ordnance fo taken , were by a refolve of congrefs , to be . prefented by gen . Washington to count de Rochambeau , with a fhort memorandum engraved thereon , " that congrefs were induced to present ...
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... affembled to ren- der thanks to the Almighty for his mercies , is one of the most affecting objects , and worthy the attention of the Supreme Being . While camps refound with tri- umphal actions , while nations rejoice in victory and ...
... affembled to ren- der thanks to the Almighty for his mercies , is one of the most affecting objects , and worthy the attention of the Supreme Being . While camps refound with tri- umphal actions , while nations rejoice in victory and ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...