The Tories Or Loyalists in America: Being Slight Historical Tracings, from the Footprints of Sir John Johnson and His Cotemporaries in the Revolution |
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... Washington and contribute my assistance to him , prompted in the first instance by a Love of my Country , and in the next place the preservation of my property , being thoroughly convinced that unless we conquer I am ruined . However in ...
... Washington and contribute my assistance to him , prompted in the first instance by a Love of my Country , and in the next place the preservation of my property , being thoroughly convinced that unless we conquer I am ruined . However in ...
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... Washington , his shattered health unfitted him for further usefulness , and a lingering life of suffering was the final fulfillment of his remarkable promise , which terminated on the twenty - eighth of February , 1781 , too soon to ...
... Washington , his shattered health unfitted him for further usefulness , and a lingering life of suffering was the final fulfillment of his remarkable promise , which terminated on the twenty - eighth of February , 1781 , too soon to ...
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... Washington as a soldier - after the attempt to hold Fort Washington - and too much in a sense of his own educated superiority , attempted to treat , for a hasty completion of the war , as Dr. George H. Moore has shown , with an ...
... Washington as a soldier - after the attempt to hold Fort Washington - and too much in a sense of his own educated superiority , attempted to treat , for a hasty completion of the war , as Dr. George H. Moore has shown , with an ...
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... Washington , was exploring the valley of the Ohio , in 1752 , a Delaware chief demanded of him : Had the line as pointed out by us been accepted by the United States their interference would not have prevented Peace then taking place as ...
... Washington , was exploring the valley of the Ohio , in 1752 , a Delaware chief demanded of him : Had the line as pointed out by us been accepted by the United States their interference would not have prevented Peace then taking place as ...
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... Washington . 39 This commission indicating care in its instructions , now unusual in such documents , and wear from use . is that of Walter Butler , noted both for his efficiency and cruelty , killed at Canada Creek , on the 29th of ...
... Washington . 39 This commission indicating care in its instructions , now unusual in such documents , and wear from use . is that of Walter Butler , noted both for his efficiency and cruelty , killed at Canada Creek , on the 29th of ...
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Page 18 - Falkland ; a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed civil war, than that single loss, it must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity.
Page 110 - heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked -" and yet, strangely enough, believing this, they place implicit trust in those they appoint to this or that function.
Page 33 - It is agreed that the Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...
Page 33 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects, and also of the estates, rights and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession of his Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States.
Page 34 - ... perfectly consistent not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation, which, on the return of the blessings of peace, should universally prevail.
Page 34 - And it is agreed, that all persons who have any interest in confiscated lands, either by debts, marriage settlements, or otherwise, shall meet with no lawful impediment in the prosecution of their just rights.
Page 34 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present War ; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property...
Page 46 - Your Royal Highness is the last of all mortals whom I should expect to see here.' ' It was curiosity that led me,' said the other;
Page 111 - The Republican form of government is the highest form of government ; but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature — a type nowhere at present existing.
Page 111 - ... immigrants of various bloods, has never occurred on such a scale before. Large empires, composed of different peoples, have, in previous cases, been formed by conquest and annexation. Then your immense plexus of railways and telegraphs tends to consolidate this vast aggregate of States in a way that no such aggregate has ever before been consolidated. And there are many minor co-operating causes, unlike those hitherto known. No one can say how it is all going to work out.