A Historical Collection from Official Records, Files, &c., of the Part Sustained by Connecticut, During the War of the Revolution: With an Appendix, Containing Important Letters, Depositions, &c., Written During the WarE. Gleason, 1842 - 643 strani |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–5 od 100
Stran 47
... Continental Congress established a continental post office , and appointed Dr. Benjamin Franklin , post master , with a salary of $ 1,000 per annum . About sixty aged gentlemen at Middletown , ( as was the case in other towns in ...
... Continental Congress established a continental post office , and appointed Dr. Benjamin Franklin , post master , with a salary of $ 1,000 per annum . About sixty aged gentlemen at Middletown , ( as was the case in other towns in ...
Stran 82
... continental army ; consequently Samuel was obliged to conduct with caution , and counterfeit as well as he could , a whigish phiz while he tarried , which however , was but for a short time , before he made his escape to Gen. Howe , in ...
... continental army ; consequently Samuel was obliged to conduct with caution , and counterfeit as well as he could , a whigish phiz while he tarried , which however , was but for a short time , before he made his escape to Gen. Howe , in ...
Stran 134
... continental army , viz .: in cash , £ 26 12 , 17 shirts , 14 pair of stockings , 4 coats , 7 jackets , 3 pair of breeches , 2 pair of drawers , 20 pair of mittens , 1 pair of trowsers , 7 pair of shoes , 1 pair of gloves , 2 felt hats ...
... continental army , viz .: in cash , £ 26 12 , 17 shirts , 14 pair of stockings , 4 coats , 7 jackets , 3 pair of breeches , 2 pair of drawers , 20 pair of mittens , 1 pair of trowsers , 7 pair of shoes , 1 pair of gloves , 2 felt hats ...
Stran 141
... continental service , and two for the special defence of the State . The nine regiments raised for the continental ser- A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR GENERAL PARSONS . Major General Samuel Holden Parsons , was born at Lyme , in New London ...
... continental service , and two for the special defence of the State . The nine regiments raised for the continental ser- A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR GENERAL PARSONS . Major General Samuel Holden Parsons , was born at Lyme , in New London ...
Stran 142
... continental troops , assisted by considerable bodies of Connecticut militia , under General Erastus Wolcott , Gen. Parsons attacked the British in the morning of the 12th , immediately after their landing at Norwalk ; and although too ...
... continental troops , assisted by considerable bodies of Connecticut militia , under General Erastus Wolcott , Gen. Parsons attacked the British in the morning of the 12th , immediately after their landing at Norwalk ; and although too ...
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
1st lieutenant 2d lieutenant aforesaid Andrew Huntington appointed arms Assembly battalions Benjamin Benjamin Huntington bills Boston brig brig Defence brigade British bushels cannon Capt captain clothing colony command commissary committee of pay Congress Connecticut continental army Continental Congress Council of Safety Danbury David deliver directed Ebenezer Elderkin enemy enlisted ensign Esq'rs Fairfield favor forthwith Governor and Council Groton guns harbor Hartford Haven horse Huntington inhabitants Jabez Jabez Huntington John Jonathan JONATHAN TRUMBULL Joseph lawful money Lebanon Legislature letter liberty Lieut London Long Island Nathaniel Nathaniel Shaw non-commissioned officers Norwalk Norwich officers and soldiers Oliver Cromwell ordered pay table Peekskill permitted persons pounds powder prisoners procure purchase raised receive resolved Salisbury salt Samuel selectmen sent SESSION shillings ship sloop Stonington taken Thomas tories town troops Trumbull vessels voted wages William Windham Wolcott York
Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran 113 - State should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other State should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
Stran 113 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States...
Stran 109 - State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions, as the inhabitants thereof respectively ; provided that such restrictions shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property imported into any State, to any other State, of which the owner is an inhabitant; provided also, that no imposition, duties, or restriction, shall be laid by any State on the property of the United States, or either of them.
Stran 110 - Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Stran 109 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Stran 112 - State, in. controversy with another, shall present a petition to Congress, stating the matter in question, and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of Congress to the legislative or executive authority of the other State in controversy...
Stran 112 - Whenever the legislative or executive authority or lawful agent of any state in controversy with another shall present a petition to Congress, stating the matter in question and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of Congress to the...
Stran 110 - No State shall lay any imposts or duties which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties entered into by the United States in Congress assembled, with any king, prince, or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by Congress to the courts of France and Spain.
Stran 115 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the Union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state.
Stran 112 - ... strike out one, the petitioners beginning, until the number shall be reduced to thirteen ; and from that number not less than seven, nor more than nine names as congress shall direct, shall in the presence of congress be drawn out by lot, and the persons whose names shall be so drawn or any five of them, shall be commissioners or judges, to hear and finally determine the controversy...