The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal DescendantsKnickerbocker Press, 1910 - 590 strani |
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Adventure Galley affairs Albany American Ancrum appointed army Assembly August Bellomont born British brother Captain Chancellor Livingston Church Clermont Clinton Colonel colonies command commission Committee Continental Congress Council daughter Declaration delegates died Earl of Callendar Earl of Linlithgow Edward Livingston eldest elected England English father favour Fitz-John Winthrop French George Clinton Government Governor Livingston Henry Brockholst Livingston History honour House Independence Indians ingston Jersey John Jay John Livingston Judge July June Kidd Kilsyth king land later Leisler letter Living Livingston family Livingston of Clermont Livingstons of Callendar Lord Livingston Lords of Trade majority Manor of Livingston married minister month Monyabroch November obtained October owing party person Peter Van Brugh Philip Livingston possession President province Provincial Congress Regiment resolution Robert Livingston Schuyler Scotland Scottish Secretary ston took vote wife William Livingston wrote York
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Stran 438 - We too are citizens of America. Carolina is one of these proud States; her arms have defended, her best blood has cemented, this happy Union. And then add, if you can, without horror and remorse, This happy Union we will dissolve; this picture of peace and prosperity we will deface; this free intercourse we will interrupt; these fertile fields we will deluge with blood; the protection of that glorious flag we renounce; the very name of Americans we discard.
Stran 217 - July last past, unanimously resolve that the reasons assigned by the Continental Congress for declaring the united colonies free and independent states are cogent and conclusive ; and that, while we lament the cruel necessity which has rendered that measure unavoidable, we approve the same, and will, at the risk of our lives and fortunes, join with the other colonies in supporting it.
Stran 132 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these when those are pass'd away.
Stran 438 - ... foreign power. If your leaders could succeed in establishing a separation, what would be your situation? Are you united at home?
Stran 29 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Stran 209 - It appearing, in the course of these debates, that the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and South Carolina, were not yet matured for falling from the parent stem, but that they were fast advancing to that state...
Stran 361 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Stran 153 - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
Stran 329 - All eyes were fixed upon the balcony, when, at the appointed hour, Washington made his appearance, accompanied by various public functionaries, and members of the Senate and House of Representatives. He was clad in a full suit of dark-brown cloth, of American manufacture, with a steel-hilted dress sword, white silk stockings, and silver shoe-buckles.
Stran 209 - ... free and independent States ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown; and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. " That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effectual measures for forming foreign alliances. " That a plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective colonies, for their consideration and approbation.