A Legacy of Historical Gleanings, Volum 1J. Munsell, 1875 |
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... gentleman , and are convinced that even the " Little matters of daily occurrence are of greater import- ance in social life , than great matters of rare occurrence ; and personal behavior in trifles is productive of the greatest amount ...
... gentleman , and are convinced that even the " Little matters of daily occurrence are of greater import- ance in social life , than great matters of rare occurrence ; and personal behavior in trifles is productive of the greatest amount ...
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... Gentlemen He gave me In Charge of , weh please to acquaint him as I have no time now to write him . I Never Expected our Prisoners Before the Armies of Both sides went Into Winter quarters as I know French Policy too well , altho our ...
... Gentlemen He gave me In Charge of , weh please to acquaint him as I have no time now to write him . I Never Expected our Prisoners Before the Armies of Both sides went Into Winter quarters as I know French Policy too well , altho our ...
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... Gentlemen from your place & not a line from you , hope it is not for want of health . Having now a favourable oppy weh I Embrace & make bold to Trouble you again with the herein closed Note of Capt . Abra . Keen for £ 13 10 10 this ...
... Gentlemen from your place & not a line from you , hope it is not for want of health . Having now a favourable oppy weh I Embrace & make bold to Trouble you again with the herein closed Note of Capt . Abra . Keen for £ 13 10 10 this ...
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... Gentlemen , " Col. Zecheus Lovewell Delivd to me on his Coming down from Ticon- derago an ord to go In obedience to Gen. Amhurst's ord with his Regi- ment to Oswego . Your letter of the 16 May last , wherein you are Pleased to Recommend ...
... Gentlemen , " Col. Zecheus Lovewell Delivd to me on his Coming down from Ticon- derago an ord to go In obedience to Gen. Amhurst's ord with his Regi- ment to Oswego . Your letter of the 16 May last , wherein you are Pleased to Recommend ...
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... gentlemen were members of the " Convention that assembled at Albany , in the old City Hall , on the 19th of June , 1754 for the purpose of uniting upon some scheme for the common defense . Major Henry Sher- burne was killed in 1777 at ...
... gentlemen were members of the " Convention that assembled at Albany , in the old City Hall , on the 19th of June , 1754 for the purpose of uniting upon some scheme for the common defense . Major Henry Sher- burne was killed in 1777 at ...
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Side 91 - President of the United States of America. To all who shall see these presents, greeting: Know ye, that reposing special trust and confidence in the...
Side 395 - I am happy to have it in my power to Say that my worthy friend Cap! Lewis is recovering fast, he walked a little to day for the first time, I have discontinued the tent in the hole the ball came out...
Side 411 - The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal — every other affliction to forget; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open — this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
Side 322 - George Clinton Esquire, Governor of our said State, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia and Admiral of the Navy...
Side 6 - Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads...
Side 322 - State, to make returns to the adjutant general of the State, at least once in every year of the militia of the brigade to which he belongs reporting therein the actual situation of the arms, accoutrements and ammunition, of the several corps...
Side 91 - He is, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Captain, by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And I do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under his command to be obedient to his orders as Captain. And he is to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time...
Side 148 - I have the honour to be, with great respect, Sir, Your most obedient servant, PAUL BUSTI, Agent of the Holland Land Company.
Side 14 - No tongue, says colonel Schuyler, can express the cruelties that were committed. The whole village was instantly in a blaze. Women with child ripped open, and their infants cast into the flames, or dashed against the posts of the doors. Sixty persons perished in the massacre, and twenty-seven were carried into captivity.
Side 144 - The melancholy event which was yesterday announced with doubt, has been rendered but too certain. Our WASHINGTON is no more! the hero, the patriot, and the sage of America; — the man on whom, in times of danger, every eye was turned, and all hopes were placed, — lives now only in his own great actions, and in the hearts of an affectionate and afflicted people.