The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the Discovery by the Northmen in the Tenth Century to the Present Time, Volumes 1-4H. Wentworth, 1851 |
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... thousand inhabitants . Five years after , the population had increased to sixteen thousand , and so much had their commerce increased , that the number of ships engaged in carrying on their trade with various parts of the British ...
... thousand inhabitants . Five years after , the population had increased to sixteen thousand , and so much had their commerce increased , that the number of ships engaged in carrying on their trade with various parts of the British ...
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... thousand to Plymouth , four- teen thousand to Connecticut , twenty - two thousand to Massa- chusetts , and four thousand each to Maine , New Hampshire , and Rhode Island . The people were chiefly engaged in agriculture , the fisheries ...
... thousand to Plymouth , four- teen thousand to Connecticut , twenty - two thousand to Massa- chusetts , and four thousand each to Maine , New Hampshire , and Rhode Island . The people were chiefly engaged in agriculture , the fisheries ...
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... thousand . Of these , five thousand were in Maine , three thousand in New Hampshire , eight thousand in Massa- chusetts and Plymouth , and fifteen hundred in Connecticut . He supposes the white population west of the Piscataqua to tion ...
... thousand . Of these , five thousand were in Maine , three thousand in New Hampshire , eight thousand in Massa- chusetts and Plymouth , and fifteen hundred in Connecticut . He supposes the white population west of the Piscataqua to tion ...
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... thousand men to be sent into their territory . The time chosen for the operations of this force was the depth of winter , and their commander was Josiah Winslow . The abode of the Indians was on an island of about five or six acres ...
... thousand men to be sent into their territory . The time chosen for the operations of this force was the depth of winter , and their commander was Josiah Winslow . The abode of the Indians was on an island of about five or six acres ...
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... thousand men , left Albany on the 28th of August , and commenced his march towards Canada . The troops at Boston , under General Hill , embarked on board the fleet , which comprised sixty - eight vessels , carrying six thousand four ...
... thousand men , left Albany on the 28th of August , and commenced his march towards Canada . The troops at Boston , under General Hill , embarked on board the fleet , which comprised sixty - eight vessels , carrying six thousand four ...
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Page 217 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 218 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should...
Page 131 - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
Page 212 - If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.
Page 320 - But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and those...
Page 136 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 18 - ... the diffusion of information, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason : freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the habeas corpus : and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Page 319 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
Page 18 - ... the vital principle of republics, from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism; a well-disciplined militia — our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them...
Page 83 - ... in love with William Penn and his children as long as the sun and moon should endure.