Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents, Količina 1C. Scribner, 1860 "The materials of these volumes are taken from Whig and Tory newspapers, published during the American Revolution, private diaries, and other contemporaneous writings [and are arranged chronologically]." -- Preface. |
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American April arms army arrived artillery attack August battalion battery battle boats body Boston brave Britain British Burgoyne cannon Captain Charlestown Colonel colonies command committee conduct Connecticut Constitutional Gazette Continental Congress declared enemy enemy's England field-pieces fire force Fort Mifflin Freeman's Journal friends Gage Gaine's gentlemen Governor guard guns Hessians Hill Holt's Journal honor hundred immediately Independence inhabitants Jersey John July June killed King land late letter liberty Long Island Lord Lord Dunmore Majesty's man-of-war marched miles militia morning night North o'clock obliged October October 29 officers Packet party Pennsylvania Evening Post Pennsylvania Journal persons Philadelphia prisoners proclamation provincials Putnam rebels received regiment regulars retreat returned river Rivington's Gazetteer says sent ships shot soldiers soon spirit Staten Island Sullivan's Island taken thousand tion took Tories town Tryon Upcott Virginia Gazette Washington whole wounded York Gazette
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Stran 264 - He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States ; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners ; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands. He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He...
Stran 118 - Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
Stran 405 - Blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord ; for they rest from their Labours, and their Works do follow them.
Stran 267 - Most heartily we beseech thee, with thy favour to behold and bless thy servant The President of the United States, and all others in authority; and so replenish them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that they may always incline to thy will, and walk in thy way. Endue them plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant them in health and prosperity long to live; and finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Stran 313 - 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 ? PORTIUS.
Stran 161 - And I do hereby further declare all indented servants, negroes, or others, (appertaining to rebels,) free, that are able and willing to bear arms, they joining his Majesty's troops, as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing this Colony to a proper sense of their duty to his Majesty's crown and dignity.
Stran 229 - From shopkeepers, tradesmen, and • attorneys, they are become statesmen and legislators, and are employed in contriving a new form of government for an extensive empire, which, they flatter themselves, will become, and which, indeed, seems very likely to become, one of the greatest and most formidable that ever was in the world.
Stran 455 - The Forces entrusted to my command are designed to act in concert, and upon a common principle, with the numerous Armies and Fleets which already display in every quarter of America, the power, the justice, and when properly sought the mercy of the King.
Stran 118 - Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God ; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: that thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day...
Stran 266 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, we are taught by Thy holy word, that the hearts of kings are in Thy rule and governance, and that Thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to Thy godly wisdom...