The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, כרכים 3-5John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond A. S. Barnes., 1880 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 83
עמוד
... Philadelphia , Pa . , by A Hosier , Portrait of Major - General Horatio Gates , steel etching , by Hall , . 195 196 200 · 241 Part of the plan of the Seat of War in the Southern States , from Johnson's Life of Greene , . 269 Plan of the ...
... Philadelphia , Pa . , by A Hosier , Portrait of Major - General Horatio Gates , steel etching , by Hall , . 195 196 200 · 241 Part of the plan of the Seat of War in the Southern States , from Johnson's Life of Greene , . 269 Plan of the ...
עמוד 7
... PHILADELPHIA On the morning of Friday , the 24th August , Washington in General Orders directed that the troops be supplied with three days ' rations , and hold themselves in perfect readiness to march ; and in after Gen- eral Orders of ...
... PHILADELPHIA On the morning of Friday , the 24th August , Washington in General Orders directed that the troops be supplied with three days ' rations , and hold themselves in perfect readiness to march ; and in after Gen- eral Orders of ...
עמוד 11
... Philadelphia , taking with him the Counts de Fersen , de Vauban and the Baron de Closen of his staff . The Cheva- lier de la Luzerne , the French Ambassador , resided at Philadelphia , where Congress was in session , and tidings of the ...
... Philadelphia , taking with him the Counts de Fersen , de Vauban and the Baron de Closen of his staff . The Cheva- lier de la Luzerne , the French Ambassador , resided at Philadelphia , where Congress was in session , and tidings of the ...
עמוד 11
... Philadelphia ; on the second they marched through the city . The right column of the Americans with the Artillery marched from Bound Brook to Princeton on the 29th , which they left on the 30th . The route of the French has been ...
... Philadelphia ; on the second they marched through the city . The right column of the Americans with the Artillery marched from Bound Brook to Princeton on the 29th , which they left on the 30th . The route of the French has been ...
עמוד 11
... Philadelphia , but first settled at Haverstraw . He established himself in the Ramapo valley in 1773 , where his descendants still reside . The old stone house was a famous resort of the patriots . Washington made his headquarters here ...
... Philadelphia , but first settled at Haverstraw . He established himself in the Ramapo valley in 1773 , where his descendants still reside . The old stone house was a famous resort of the patriots . Washington made his headquarters here ...
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עמוד 79 - He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.
עמוד 48 - The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable, making an outrageous noise, more terrible than that of thunder ; for when the wind blows out of the south their dismal roaring may be heard more than fifteen leagues off.
עמוד 92 - This unhappy and devoted province has been so long in a state of anarchy, and the yoke of ministerial oppression has been laid so heavily on it, that great allowances are to be made for troops raised under such circumstances. The deficiency of numbers, discipline, and stores, can only lead to this conclusion, that their spirit has exceeded their strength.
עמוד 439 - His Majesty taking the said Report into Consideration, was pleased with the Advice of his Privy Council to approve thereof, and to Order, as it is hereby Ordered, that the said Petition...
עמוד 1 - ... of attacking New York, and instead thereof to remove the French troops and a detachment from the American army to the Head of Elk, to be transported to Virginia for the purpose of cooperating with the force from the West Indies against the troops in that State.
עמוד 103 - I understand that you are advised and have some thoughts of putting your son George to sea. I think he had better be put apprentice to a tinker, for a common sailor before the mast has by no means the common liberty of the subject; for they will press him from a ship where he has fifty shillings a month and make him take twenty-three, and cut, and slash, and use him like a negro, or rather like a dog.
עמוד 102 - If the title of great man ought to be reserved for him, who cannot be charged with an indiscretion or a vice, who spent his life in establishing the independence, the glory, and durable prosperity of his country, who succeeded in all that he undertook, and whose successes were never won at the expense of honor, justice, integrity, or by the sacrifice of a single principle, this title will not be denied to Washington.
עמוד 93 - ... it is among the most difficult tasks I ever undertook in my life to induce these people to believe that there is or can be danger, till the bayonet is pushed at their breasts ; not that it proceeds from any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable kind of stupidity in the lower class of these people, which, believe me, prevails but too generally among the officers...
עמוד 433 - ... children destitute of a bed to lie on, or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor?
עמוד 455 - Sacred to the memory of the Baron de Kalb, Knight of the Royal Order of Military Merit, Brigadier of the armies of France, and Major General in the service of the United States of America; having served with...