The History of Virginia: From Its First Settlement to the Present Day, Volum 4author, 1816 |
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Side 29
... retreat will be seen in the next chapter . * Virginia had the honor of being the first Colony from which a royal Governor thought it necessary to retire on board a British armed ves- Gordon - Vol . 1. P. 392 . sel . nor retires Bitish ...
... retreat will be seen in the next chapter . * Virginia had the honor of being the first Colony from which a royal Governor thought it necessary to retire on board a British armed ves- Gordon - Vol . 1. P. 392 . sel . nor retires Bitish ...
Side 64
... retreat ; for they entered when it blew from the south , and it shifted to the opposite point most opportunely for them . When it was discovered that they were about to retire , a party was despatched by land , to oppose their passage ...
... retreat ; for they entered when it blew from the south , and it shifted to the opposite point most opportunely for them . When it was discovered that they were about to retire , a party was despatched by land , to oppose their passage ...
Side 66
... retreat , which they did in per fect order . John Ackiss , one of the minute men , was kill ed on the spot . Col. Hutchings and a Mr. Williams , with " III . seven others , were wounded and taken prisoners 66 HISTORY OF.
... retreat , which they did in per fect order . John Ackiss , one of the minute men , was kill ed on the spot . Col. Hutchings and a Mr. Williams , with " III . seven others , were wounded and taken prisoners 66 HISTORY OF.
Side 86
... retreat towards the Fort was the only resource left to the assailants . Fouted . Nor were they allowed to seek their way back without a warm and vigorous pursuit . At the entrance of the I sland , however , they were rallied by Captain ...
... retreat towards the Fort was the only resource left to the assailants . Fouted . Nor were they allowed to seek their way back without a warm and vigorous pursuit . At the entrance of the I sland , however , they were rallied by Captain ...
Side 89
... , of which the Provincials took possession the next morning . They found in it some warlike implements and other objects , Mr. John Banister . ( 1 ) Appendix , No. 8 . N CHAP . which , in their precipitate retreat , the VIRGINIA . 89.
... , of which the Provincials took possession the next morning . They found in it some warlike implements and other objects , Mr. John Banister . ( 1 ) Appendix , No. 8 . N CHAP . which , in their precipitate retreat , the VIRGINIA . 89.
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American appointed arms army Arnold Assembly attack body Britain British British army Captain cause cavalry CHAP circumstances Clinton Colonel colony Commander in Chief Committee committee of safety Commonwealth Congress Continental Convention corps Council declared defence Delegates detachment Edmund Pendleton effect enemy enemy's enterprize Executive expedition Fayette fire fleet force French Gates Governor Henry honour hopes hostile House of Burgesses immediately Indians infantry inhabitants James river Jefferson La Fayette land late Legislature letter liberty Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel Lord Cornwallis Lord Dunmore measures ment military militia neral New-York Norfolk North Carolina object officers party patriotic persons Portsmouth present prisoners proceeded received regiment reinforcements rendered resolution resolved respect retired retreat river ships Sir Henry Clinton situation soldiers soon South spirit station Tarleton tion town troops vessels Virginia Washington whilst whole Williamsburg Woodford wounded
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Side 129 - They nourished up ~by YOUR indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule them...
Side 170 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts made by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice...
Side 241 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Side 240 - My Lords, we are called upon as members of this House, as men, as Christians, to protest against such horrible barbarity ! — " That God and nature have put into our hands !" What ideas of God and nature, that noble Lord may entertain, I know not; but I know, that such detestable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity.
Side 129 - They protected by your arms ! They have nobly taken up arms in your defence ; have exerted a valour amidst their constant and laborious industry, for the defence of a country whose frontier was drenched in blood, while its interior parts yielded all its little savings to your emolument.
Side 349 - ... little republics, with a warden at the head of each, for all those concerns which, being under their eye, they would better manage than the larger republics of the county or State.
Side 139 - Forasmuch as all the endeavours of the United Colonies, by the most decent representations and petitions to the king and parliament of Great Britain, to restore peace and security to America under the British government, and a reunion with that people upon just and liberal terms, instead of a redress of grievances, have produced, from an imperious and vindictive administration, increased insult, oppression, and a vigorous attempt to effect our total destruction.
Side 140 - Congress, be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent States, absolved from all allegiance to, or dependence upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain ; and that they give the assent of this Colony to such declaration, and to whatever measures may be thought proper and necessary by the Congress for forming foreign alliances, and a confederation of the Colonies, at such time, and in...
Side 241 - My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.
Side 170 - He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the work of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.