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... Town - Death of Montgomery , 342. Arnold in his Icy Fortress , 343 . CHAPTER XXIX . WAR OF THE REVOLUTION - CONTINUED . Meeting of Congress - Alarming Evils , 344. Portland burned - Efforts to defend the Coast , 345. Parliament resolves ...
... Town - Death of Montgomery , 342. Arnold in his Icy Fortress , 343 . CHAPTER XXIX . WAR OF THE REVOLUTION - CONTINUED . Meeting of Congress - Alarming Evils , 344. Portland burned - Efforts to defend the Coast , 345. Parliament resolves ...
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... town in the West of England , and had trained up multitudes of hardy seamen . These seamen had become habituated to the storms of the ocean , by battling tempests in the Northern seas around Iceland , in their yearly fishing ex ...
... town in the West of England , and had trained up multitudes of hardy seamen . These seamen had become habituated to the storms of the ocean , by battling tempests in the Northern seas around Iceland , in their yearly fishing ex ...
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... town , named Mavilla , since Mobile . It was a rude town , but it afforded a better shel- ter than the forests and the open plains , and they wished to occupy it . The Indians resisted , and a fierce battle ensued . The Spanish cavalry ...
... town , named Mavilla , since Mobile . It was a rude town , but it afforded a better shel- ter than the forests and the open plains , and they wished to occupy it . The Indians resisted , and a fierce battle ensued . The Spanish cavalry ...
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... town . When spring returned , a demand was made of the Chickasaw chief to furnish men to carry their baggage . The indignant chief refused . The hostile Indians deceived the sentinels , and in the night set fire to the village and ...
... town . When spring returned , a demand was made of the Chickasaw chief to furnish men to carry their baggage . The indignant chief refused . The hostile Indians deceived the sentinels , and in the night set fire to the village and ...
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... town . St. Augustine is , by more than forty years , the oldest town in the United States . His determination was now to attack the Huguenots by land , and carry out his cruel orders . The French sup- posing the Spaniards would come by ...
... town . St. Augustine is , by more than forty years , the oldest town in the United States . His determination was now to attack the Huguenots by land , and carry out his cruel orders . The French sup- posing the Spaniards would come by ...
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Page 517 - I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn 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.
Page 788 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly...
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Page 287 - They planted by your care! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny, to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable, and, among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take upon me to say, the most formidable of any people upon the...
Page 308 - Episcopalian as he is, Dr. Cooper himself never prayed with such fervor, such ardor, such earnestness and pathos, and in language so elegant and sublime — for America, for the Congress, for the province of Massachusetts Bay, and especially the town of Boston.
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Page 310 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.