The History of Connecticut: From the First Settlement of the Colony to the Adoption of the Present Constitution, Volume 2Case, Tiffany & Company, 1857 |
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... boats and batteaux , had built two forts , manned and furnished them with necessaries for the winter , and had gained over veteran enemies a complete victory with little loss to themselves . Hence , they were gratified with the approval ...
... boats and batteaux , had built two forts , manned and furnished them with necessaries for the winter , and had gained over veteran enemies a complete victory with little loss to themselves . Hence , they were gratified with the approval ...
Page 53
... boats and batteaux , and provisions enough to have held out until relief could have been looked for from any quarter except Albany . * The garrison consisted of the regiments of Shirley and Pepperell , and surrendered upon the express ...
... boats and batteaux , and provisions enough to have held out until relief could have been looked for from any quarter except Albany . * The garrison consisted of the regiments of Shirley and Pepperell , and surrendered upon the express ...
Page 54
... boats and batteaux , and to crown all this work , in itself glorious enough without such a consummation , this ill - equipped and comparatively undisciplined army had gained a brilliant victory and taken captive the leader of the French ...
... boats and batteaux , and to crown all this work , in itself glorious enough without such a consummation , this ill - equipped and comparatively undisciplined army had gained a brilliant victory and taken captive the leader of the French ...
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... boats , forts , and the precious experience of the preceding year— lost two forts , and sustained a disreputable defeat , without driving the enemy from a single position , or taking possession . of a single foot of unoccupied land ...
... boats , forts , and the precious experience of the preceding year— lost two forts , and sustained a disreputable defeat , without driving the enemy from a single position , or taking possession . of a single foot of unoccupied land ...
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... boats , and before he had reached North - west bay , he dis- covered a party of men on an island . As he had not approached near enough to the island to alarm the enemy , he left two of his boats to fish at a safe distance , and ...
... boats , and before he had reached North - west bay , he dis- covered a party of men on an island . As he had not approached near enough to the island to alarm the enemy , he left two of his boats to fish at a safe distance , and ...
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Page 566 - It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Page 263 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.
Page 567 - ... and it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Page 566 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 589 - God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in every thing; in the sun, moon, and stars; in the clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees; in the water, and all nature; which used greatly to fix my mind.
Page 313 - Nathan Palmer, a lieutenant in your King's service, was taken in my camp as a Spy — he was tried as a Spy — he was condemned as a Spy — and you may rest assured, Sir, he shall be hanged as a Spy." " I have the honour to be, &c. "ISRAEL PUTNAM. rt His Excellency Governor TRYON.
Page 167 - Your valor has been famed abroad, and acknowledged, as appears by the advice and orders to me, from the General Assembly of Connecticut, to surprise and take the garrison now before us. I now propose to advance before you, and in person, conduct you through the wicket-gate; for we must this morning either quit our pretensions to valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes; and, inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which none but the bravest of men dare undertake, I do not urge...
Page 200 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Page 444 - The democratic licentiousness of the state legislatures proved the necessity of a firm Senate. The object of this second branch is to control the democratic branch of the national legislature. If it be not a firm body, the other branch, being more numerous, and coming immediately from the people, will overwhelm it. The Senate of Maryland, constituted on like principles, had been scarcely able...
Page 330 - Bay, where the said river falleth into the sea; and on the north by the line of the Massachusetts plantation; and on the south by the sea; and in longitude as the line of the Massachusetts colony, running from east to west, that is to say, from the said Narraganset Bay on the east, to the south sea on the west part, with the islands thereunto adjoining...