 | 1862 - 432 strani
...the admiration of America and Great Britain — an enterprise, the plan of which, it has been said, " was drawn by a Lawyer, to be executed by a Merchant,...at the head of a body of Husbandmen and Mechanics." ABSTRACTS FROM THE EARLIEST WILLS ON RECORD AND ON THE FILES IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, MASS. [Prepared... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - 1881 - 538 strani
...orders to Pepperell, adds: " Such was the plan for the reduction of a regularly constructed fortress, drawn by a lawyer, to be executed by a merchant, at the head of a body of husbandmen and mechanics, animated, indeed, by ardent patriotism, but destitute of professional skill." Gen. Pepperell's business... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - 1881 - 540 strani
...orders to Pepperell, adds: " Such was the plan for the reduction of a regularly constructed fortress, drawn by a lawyer, to be executed by a merchant, at the head of a body of husbandmen and mechanics, animated, indeed, by ardent patriotism, but destitute of professional skill." Gen. Pepperell's business... | |
 | William Goold - 1881 - 184 strani
...orders to Pepperell, adds : " Such was the plan for the reduction of a regularly constructed fortress, drawn by a lawyer, to be executed by a merchant, at the head of a body of husbandmen and mechanics, animated, indeed, by ardent patriotism, but destitute of professional skill." and reputation were indispensable... | |
 | Edwin Ruthven Hodgman - 1883 - 556 strani
...the History of North America. . . . The plan for the reduction of a regularly constructed fortress, was drawn by a lawyer, to be executed by a merchant,...at the head of a body of husbandmen and mechanics." (Holmes' Annals of America.) In that memorable campaign, Massachusetts furnished 3250 men; New Hampshire,... | |
 | Henry Allen Hazen - 1883 - 646 strani
...illustrated. "The plan for the reduction of a regularly constructed fortress," it has been well said, "was drawn by a lawyer, to be executed by a merchant,...at the head of a body of husbandmen and mechanics." Billerica was well represented in this expedition. Only scattered and imperfect rolls of this heroic... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 strani
...rational part of the whole. Such was the plan, for the reduction of a regularly constructed fortress, drawn by a lawyer, to be executed by a merchant at the head of a body of husbandmen and mechanics ; animated indeed by ardent patriotism, but destitude of professional skill and experience. After they... | |
 | John Norris McClintock - 1888 - 842 strani
...day of March, two days before the arrival of their comrades. The expedition was planned by a lawyer, executed by a merchant, at the head of a body of husbandmen and mechanics, animated indeed by ardent patriotism, but destitute of professional skill and experience. " If any... | |
 | Charles Henry Bell - 1888 - 594 strani
...Louisburg on the island of Cape Breton, which was projected by a tanner, "planned by a lawyer, and executed by a merchant, at the head of a body of husbandmen and mechanics," but which, to the surprise of the world, resulted, by reason of a series of fortunate accidents, in... | |
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was drawn by a lawyer, to be executed by a merchant, at the head of a body of husbandmen and mechanics. 
