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" I have three thousand dollars in hard money; I will pledge my plate for three thousand more; I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which shall be sold for the most it will bring. These are at the service of the State. If we succeed in defending our... "
The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review - Page 537
1839
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Memoir and Official Correspondence of Gen. John Stark: With Notices of ...

Caleb Stark - 1860 - 516 pages
...addressed that body : " I have three thousand dollars in hard money ; my plate I will pledge for as much more. I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which shall be sold for the most they will bring. These are at the service of the State. If we succeed, I shall be remunerated ; if...
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Memoir and Official Correspondence of Gen. John Stark: With Notices of ...

Caleb Stark - 1860 - 508 pages
...pledge for as much more. I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which shall be sold for the most they will bring. These are at the service of the State. If we succeed, I shall be remunerated ; if not, they will be of no use to me. We can raise a brigade; and our friend...
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Ethan Allen and the Green-Mountain Heroes of '76: With a Sketch of the Early ...

Henry Walter De Puy - 1861 - 436 pages
...addressed its members : — "I have three thousand dollars in hard money ; I will pledge my plate for three thousand more ; I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago...we do not, the property will be of no value to me. Our old friend Stark, who so nobly maintained the honor of our state at Bunker Hill, may be safely...
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Cyclopaedia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes: Comprising Interesting ...

Richard Miller Devens - 1865 - 462 pages
...fellow citizens — I have three thousand dollars in hard money ; I will pledge my plate for three thousand more. I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago...I may be remunerated ; if we do not, the property would be of no value to me." Langdon was an old-school merchant of the genuine stamp. Samuel Slater...
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Cyclopædia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes: Comprising Interesting ...

Richard Miller Devens - 1868 - 906 pages
...fellow citizens — I have three thousand dollars in hard money ; I will pledge my plate for three thousand more. I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago...I may be remunerated ; if we do not, the property would be of no value to me." Langdon was an old-school merchant of the genuine stamp. Samuel Slatrr...
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New-England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal

Joseph Barlow Felt - 1870 - 484 pages
...cause of freedom, to the assembly, " I have $3000 in hard money ; I will pledge my plate for $3000 more. I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which shall be sold for the most it will bring. They are at the service of the State." He then urged the appointment of Gen. Stark to take charge of...
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The Life and Times of Philip Schuyler, Volume 2

Benson John Lossing - 1873 - 548 pages
...have $3,000 in hard money. I will pledge my plate for $3,000 more. I have seventy hogsheads of Tobaga rum, which shall be sold for the most it will bring....we do not, the property will be of no value to me. Our old friend Stark, who so nobly sustained the honor of our State at Bunker Hill, may be safely entrusted...
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The Boys of '76: A History of the Battles of the Revolution

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1876 - 422 pages
...my plate for as much more: I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago mm, which shall be sold for as much as it will bring : these are at the service of the State. If we succeed in defending onr homes and firesides, I may be remunerated ; if we do not, the property is of no value to me. Our...
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The Boys of '76: A History of the Battles of the Revolution

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1876 - 406 pages
...is what he said : "I have three thousand dollars in hard money; I will pledge my plate for as much more : I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which shall be sold for as much as it will bring : these are at the service of the State. If we succeed in defending our homes...
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The Centennial History of the Battle of Bennington: Compiled from the Most ...

Frank Warren Coburn - 1877 - 84 pages
...promising. He said, " I "have three thousand dollars in hard money; I " will pledge my plate for three thousand more ; " I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago...succeed in " defending our firesides and homes, I may be re" munerated ; if we do not, the property will be of "no value to me. Our old friend, Stark, who so...
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