Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Volumen9The Society, 1906 |
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... elected lieutenant - colonel ( July , 1805 ) and reëlected and would have been reëlected again but he was content that his regiment was " the best equipt and disciplined in the State . " Before he went into the war he solemnly declared ...
... elected lieutenant - colonel ( July , 1805 ) and reëlected and would have been reëlected again but he was content that his regiment was " the best equipt and disciplined in the State . " Before he went into the war he solemnly declared ...
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... elected ; as to its being done by my friends , I did not know out of my own company , five men in the Regiment , which is 1200 strong , and the election is by the vote of each individual by ballot I was elected a second time the same ...
... elected ; as to its being done by my friends , I did not know out of my own company , five men in the Regiment , which is 1200 strong , and the election is by the vote of each individual by ballot I was elected a second time the same ...
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... elected and chosen the said John Addison foreman ; Mr. William Hatton , Mr. William Hutchison , Mr. William Tannehill , Mr. John Emett and Mr. John Smallwell to be Vestry men for the said Parrish It was appointed that the said Vestry ...
... elected and chosen the said John Addison foreman ; Mr. William Hatton , Mr. William Hutchison , Mr. William Tannehill , Mr. John Emett and Mr. John Smallwell to be Vestry men for the said Parrish It was appointed that the said Vestry ...
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... Elect and make Choice of the Number of Six Select Vestry Men at least and two Church Wardens and also to build and Found a church therein ; any Law , Statute , Usage or Custom , to the contrary Notwithstanding . " And be it further ...
... Elect and make Choice of the Number of Six Select Vestry Men at least and two Church Wardens and also to build and Found a church therein ; any Law , Statute , Usage or Custom , to the contrary Notwithstanding . " And be it further ...
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... elected rector of Rock Creek Church , but declined . This minute also shows that there was a church build- ing in the new parish , and that it stood on the hundred acres of ground given by Colonel Bradford in 1719 is shown by the next ...
... elected rector of Rock Creek Church , but declined . This minute also shows that there was a church build- ing in the new parish , and that it stood on the hundred acres of ground given by Colonel Bradford in 1719 is shown by the next ...
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Página 16 - If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition.
Página 92 - But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest ; here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the union of the whole.
Página 57 - Born in America, in Europe bred, In Afric traveled, and in Asia wed ; Where long he lived and thrived, in London dead. Much good, some ill, he did ; so hope all's even, And that his soul through mercy's gone to Heaven.
Página 67 - I, AB, do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murthered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Página 44 - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.
Página 184 - Pyrenees ; so shall it be with yours. You may carry them to the loftiest peaks of the Cordilleras, they may wave with insolent triumph in the Halls of the Montezumas, the armed men of Mexico may quail before them, but the weakest hand in Mexico^ uplifted in prayer to the God of Justice, may call down against you a Power, in the presence of which, the iron hearts of your warriors shall be turned into ashes. Mr. President, if the history of our race has established any truth, it is but a confirmation...
Página 51 - When a retrospect is taken of the Washingtonian administration for eight years, it is a subject of the greatest astonishment that a single individual should have cankered the principles of republicanism in an enlightened people, just emerged from the gulf of despotism, and should have carried his designs against the public liberty so far, as to have put in jeopardy its very existence. Such however are the facts, and with these staring us in the face, this day ought to be a JUBILEE in the United States.
Página 117 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin...
Página 89 - Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman...
Página 220 - That on the first Monday in December, in the year 1800, the seat of the Government of the United States shall, by virtue of this act, be transferred to the district and place aforesaid. And all offices attached to the said seat of government shall accordingly be removed thereto by their respective holders and shall, after the said day, cease to be exercised elsewhere...