Illustrated History, Comprising in a Condensed Form a History of the United States, a Geography of the Western Continent, and the Chief Objects of Interest on the Eastern Continent, Including a Hihstorical and Descriptive Sketch of the Holy Land |
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... mouth of the Orinoco river . In the current from the mouth of this great river his fleet was for a time in great danger . This led him to believe that so mighty a stream must belong to a continent . On his return to his colony on the ...
... mouth of the Orinoco river . In the current from the mouth of this great river his fleet was for a time in great danger . This led him to believe that so mighty a stream must belong to a continent . On his return to his colony on the ...
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... is still preserved in the Athenæum at Hartford . It was the intention of the Pilgrims to settle near the mouth of the Hudson river , but owing to the ignorance of the captain they were landed on the barren coast of Massachusetts .
... is still preserved in the Athenæum at Hartford . It was the intention of the Pilgrims to settle near the mouth of the Hudson river , but owing to the ignorance of the captain they were landed on the barren coast of Massachusetts .
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... mouth of the Potomac river to Cape Fear , was granted to an association of merchants and noblemen , a majority of whom were residents of London . This association was called the Lon- don company . The first company of emigrants to ...
... mouth of the Potomac river to Cape Fear , was granted to an association of merchants and noblemen , a majority of whom were residents of London . This association was called the Lon- don company . The first company of emigrants to ...
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... mouth of the river , their sor- row was turned into joy on meeting their new governor , Lord Delaware , who was coming with more immigrants and an abund- ant supply of provisions . They immediately returned to James- town , and that ...
... mouth of the river , their sor- row was turned into joy on meeting their new governor , Lord Delaware , who was coming with more immigrants and an abund- ant supply of provisions . They immediately returned to James- town , and that ...
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... mouth and Norfolk , in Virginia , Norfolk , Fairfield , New Haven and other villages on Long Island Sound , were burned . The next important victory was the capture of Stony Point . The Americans entered the fort by means of the ...
... mouth and Norfolk , in Virginia , Norfolk , Fairfield , New Haven and other villages on Long Island Sound , were burned . The next important victory was the capture of Stony Point . The Americans entered the fort by means of the ...
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Page 135 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 123 - The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature can not be convened), against domestic violence.
Page 134 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Page 131 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 110 - He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
Page 124 - Done in convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Page 8 - And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 109 - He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 123 - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
Page 135 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans ; Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...