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 61
עמוד 3
... interest . The colonial records of the State of New York make no mention of this river cross- ing . The communication between the two sides of the Hudson was slight until the strategic necessity of war made of the old road , as similar ...
... interest . The colonial records of the State of New York make no mention of this river cross- ing . The communication between the two sides of the Hudson was slight until the strategic necessity of war made of the old road , as similar ...
עמוד 11
... interest of nature with super- natural charm . Running through the valley at the foot of the steep Wynockie cliff , the westernmost hills of the Ramapo range , the old revolutionary road passes the Pond , a pretty sheet of water , fed ...
... interest of nature with super- natural charm . Running through the valley at the foot of the steep Wynockie cliff , the westernmost hills of the Ramapo range , the old revolutionary road passes the Pond , a pretty sheet of water , fed ...
עמוד 19
... interest awakened in this interesting period of our history may draw these invaluable doc- uments from their resting places . He then agreed with de Rochambeau that the first embarkation should consist of one thousand of the Amer- ican ...
... interest awakened in this interesting period of our history may draw these invaluable doc- uments from their resting places . He then agreed with de Rochambeau that the first embarkation should consist of one thousand of the Amer- ican ...
עמוד 54
... interest- ing ride . The river is in no place less than a mile over , and the picture is enlivened by a variety of landscapes . Niagara River is the only outlet of Lake Superior , and all these immense lakes that afford from the falls ...
... interest- ing ride . The river is in no place less than a mile over , and the picture is enlivened by a variety of landscapes . Niagara River is the only outlet of Lake Superior , and all these immense lakes that afford from the falls ...
עמוד 64
... interest to know if it is still in existence . T. H. R. New York . CORNWALLIS ' ORDER BOOK , 1780-1.- In one of the local histories of North Carolina there appears a statement that the order books of the British General from Camden to ...
... interest to know if it is still in existence . T. H. R. New York . CORNWALLIS ' ORDER BOOK , 1780-1.- In one of the local histories of North Carolina there appears a statement that the order books of the British General from Camden to ...
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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...