The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time, Volumen2J. T. White Company, 1895 |
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... Pennsylvania College . Morse , John F. , Jr. , Author Life of dohr Adams et Newton , Richard Heber , D : D .; Clergyman and Author . Nicholls , MissB ... Biographical and Historical Writer . Northrup Cyrus , ILE :: President University ...
... Pennsylvania College . Morse , John F. , Jr. , Author Life of dohr Adams et Newton , Richard Heber , D : D .; Clergyman and Author . Nicholls , MissB ... Biographical and Historical Writer . Northrup Cyrus , ILE :: President University ...
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... Pennsylvania assembly , in which he served for four years , when he declined re - election . Mr. Roberdeau was an elder in the Presbyterian church , and the celebrated preacher , George White- field , was a friend of his and baptized ...
... Pennsylvania assembly , in which he served for four years , when he declined re - election . Mr. Roberdeau was an elder in the Presbyterian church , and the celebrated preacher , George White- field , was a friend of his and baptized ...
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... Pennsylvania , and ultimately from Ul- ster in the north of Ireland . He was one of William Graham's pupils at Liberty Hall ( afterward Washington College , now Washington and Lee University ) , which had been founded by the Scotch ...
... Pennsylvania , and ultimately from Ul- ster in the north of Ireland . He was one of William Graham's pupils at Liberty Hall ( afterward Washington College , now Washington and Lee University ) , which had been founded by the Scotch ...
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... Pennsylvania assembly in 1778. In 1783 he was a member of the council of censors , and in 1787 a delegate to the state constitutional convention . He was then elected to congress , and served from March 4 , 1789 , until he died , Dec ...
... Pennsylvania assembly in 1778. In 1783 he was a member of the council of censors , and in 1787 a delegate to the state constitutional convention . He was then elected to congress , and served from March 4 , 1789 , until he died , Dec ...
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... Pennsylvania , and was admitted to the bar at Erie in 1850. By diligence , perseverance and proficiency in knowledge of the law , he attracted attention and acquired a large practice . Being act- ive in local and national politics , in ...
... Pennsylvania , and was admitted to the bar at Erie in 1850. By diligence , perseverance and proficiency in knowledge of the law , he attracted attention and acquired a large practice . Being act- ive in local and national politics , in ...
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Página 4 - ... Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? 32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Página 308 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of...
Página 70 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some, and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 70 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 76 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory...
Página 70 - But negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motive, even the promise of freedom. And the promise, being made, must be kept.
Página 310 - I say, I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done— as I have always freely admitted I have done— in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong but right.
Página 69 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Página 68 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Página 325 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.