Annual ReportJ.B. Lyon Company, 1908 |
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... British and an interesting collection of war relics . Large pavilion : A roofed , floored and open - side shelter with stone foundation and rustic stone columns , ncar Work O * , com- manding a fine view northward of the Hudson river ...
... British and an interesting collection of war relics . Large pavilion : A roofed , floored and open - side shelter with stone foundation and rustic stone columns , ncar Work O * , com- manding a fine view northward of the Hudson river ...
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... in the notable triumph at Oriskany which scattered the western British army , made the con- quest of the northern army at Saratoga both possible and 92 AMERICAN SCENIC AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY . Marinus Willett Memorial, Albany.
... in the notable triumph at Oriskany which scattered the western British army , made the con- quest of the northern army at Saratoga both possible and 92 AMERICAN SCENIC AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY . Marinus Willett Memorial, Albany.
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... British town , could such a scene have come to pass as might have been witnessed the other day in Utica . The donor of this magnificent gift to the town of his affections for it was certainly magnificent - assembled no multitude , hired ...
... British town , could such a scene have come to pass as might have been witnessed the other day in Utica . The donor of this magnificent gift to the town of his affections for it was certainly magnificent - assembled no multitude , hired ...
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... British and settled the fate of the French empire in America . is a tableland above the heights on the north bank of the St. Lawrence . The plains , on which the final struggle between the two leading nations of the European continent ...
... British and settled the fate of the French empire in America . is a tableland above the heights on the north bank of the St. Lawrence . The plains , on which the final struggle between the two leading nations of the European continent ...
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... British in one of the most deadly conflicts recorded in naval annals , he magnificently exhibited the spirit which won the War of Independence . It was not the physical re- sults but the moral effect of a victory achieved under ...
... British in one of the most deadly conflicts recorded in naval annals , he magnificently exhibited the spirit which won the War of Independence . It was not the physical re- sults but the moral effect of a victory achieved under ...
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Page 155 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 65 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 218 - State, and each and every of them who shall at any time hereafter be found in any part of this State, shall be and are hereby adjudged and declared guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy.
Page 155 - And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light. Hast thou chosen, O my people, on whose party thou shalt stand, Ere the Doom from its worn sandals shakes the dust against our land ? Though the cause of Evil prosper, yet 'tis Truth alone is strong...
Page 124 - But reason and religion teach, that we too are primary existences ; that it is for us to move in the orbit of our duty, around the Holy Center of perfection, the companions, not the satellites, of men...
Page 11 - Objects," which title was changed by chapter 302 of the laws of 1898 to " The Society for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects," and by chapter 385 of the laws of 1901 to " The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Page 262 - York at four in the afternoon: time, thirty hours; space run through, one hundred and fifty miles, equal to five miles an hour. Throughout my whole way, both going and returning, the wind was ahead. No advantage could be derived...
Page 146 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 262 - AMERICAN CITIZEN." SIR, — I arrived this afternoon at four o'clock, in the steamboat from Albany. As the success of my experiment gives me great hopes that such boats may be rendered of great importance to my country, to prevent erroneous opinions and give some satisfaction to...
Page 212 - We, the subscribers, freeholders and inhabitants of the county of Westchester, having assembled at the White Plains, in consequence of certain advertisements, do now declare that we met here to express our honest abhorrence of all unlawful congresses and committees, and that we are determined, at the hazard of our lives and properties, to support the King and Constitution, and that we acknowledge no representatives but the General Assembly, to whose wisdom and integrity we submit the guardianship...