The Centennial Celebration and Washington Monument at Newburgh, N. Y.U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 - 105 páginas |
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... land as may be deemed necessary , and cause to be erected thereon a building of frame or logs in the original form or style of the said Temple as near as may be ; and Whereas it is further intended to purchase certain other adjacent ...
... land as may be deemed necessary , and cause to be erected thereon a building of frame or logs in the original form or style of the said Temple as near as may be ; and Whereas it is further intended to purchase certain other adjacent ...
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... Evacuation Day , the British troops took to their transports , and sullenly quit the land they had come to conquer and oppress . It was at Newburgh , or its immediate vicinity , Washington Monument at Newburgh , N. Y. 5.
... Evacuation Day , the British troops took to their transports , and sullenly quit the land they had come to conquer and oppress . It was at Newburgh , or its immediate vicinity , Washington Monument at Newburgh , N. Y. 5.
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... land in which the Revolutionary veterans are interred and have it substantially inclosed , to the end that it may be preserved from future desecration . In addition , it is proposed to have , on some day in the year 1883 to be hereafter ...
... land in which the Revolutionary veterans are interred and have it substantially inclosed , to the end that it may be preserved from future desecration . In addition , it is proposed to have , on some day in the year 1883 to be hereafter ...
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... land . The quarters for the soldiers consisted of log huts , built on the slope of the hill , with reg- ular streets , to facilitate access from one section to another . General Heath says the encampment was " regular and beautiful ...
... land . The quarters for the soldiers consisted of log huts , built on the slope of the hill , with reg- ular streets , to facilitate access from one section to another . General Heath says the encampment was " regular and beautiful ...
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... land the Naval Brigade on the day of the Centennial Celebration . I also arranged to make a display of fire - works from the vessels in the evening . All the arrangements agreed upon by myself and the Executive Committee , were carried ...
... land the Naval Brigade on the day of the Centennial Celebration . I also arranged to make a display of fire - works from the vessels in the evening . All the arrangements agreed upon by myself and the Executive Committee , were carried ...
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Página 86 - It will be the duty of the Historian and the Sage in all ages to let no occasion pass of commemorating this illustrious man ; and until time shall be no more will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of WASHINGTON ! APPENDIX.
Página 16 - I am possessed of in your favor, let me entreat you, gentlemen, on your part, not to take any measures, which viewed in the calm light of reason, will lessen the dignity, and sully the glory you have hitherto maintained...
Página 79 - With a mixture of great surprise and astonishment, I have read with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my perusal. Be assured, sir, no occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army as you have expressed, and I must view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity.
Página 10 - I wish not to heighten the shades of the picture so far as the reality would justify me in doing it. I could give anecdotes of patriotism and distress, which have scarcely ever been paralleled, never surpassed in the history of mankind. But you may rely upon it, the patience and...
Página 18 - ... the chaplains with the several brigades will render thanks to Almighty God for all his mercies, particularly for his overruling the wrath of man to his own glory, and causing the rage of war to cease among the nations.
Página 14 - Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto been spent in honor? If you can — go; and carry with you the jest of Tories and the scorn of Whigs — the ridicule, and, what is worse, the pity of the world. Go — starve and be forgotten.
Página 11 - While in the field, I think it may be kept from breaking out into acts of outrage ; but when we retire into winter-quarters, unless the storm is previously dissipated, I cannot be at ease respecting the consequences. It is high time for a peace.
Página 83 - Let it represent in language, that will neither dishonor you by its rudeness, nor betray you by its fears, what has been promised by Congress, and what has been performed ; how long and how patiently you have suffered; how little you have asked, and how much of that little has been denied. Tell them, that, though you were the first, and would wish to be the last, to encounter danger, though despair itself can never drive you into dishonor, it may drive you from the field; that the wound, often irritated...
Página 64 - The prevalence of that pacific and friendly disposition among the people of the United States, which will induce them to forget their local prejudices and policies ; to make those mutual concessions, which are requisite to the general prosperity ; and, in some instances, to sacrifice their individual advantages to the interest of the community.
Página 61 - I must decline as inapplicable to myself any share in the personal emoluments which may be indispensably included in a permanent provision for the executive department...