Traditions and Reminiscences, Chiefly of the American Revolution in the South: Including Biographical Sketches, Incidents, and Anecdotes, Few of which Have Been Published, Particularly of Residents in the Upper CountryWalker & James, 1851 - 592 páginas |
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... Henry Laurens — Death of Miss Davis— Capt . Daniel Curling — Congress of 1765 in New - York — Liberty Tree and its Confederates — First Funerals without Mourning — Gen . Christopher Gadsden . To the exaction of a tax on tobacco in 1677 ...
... Henry Laurens — Death of Miss Davis— Capt . Daniel Curling — Congress of 1765 in New - York — Liberty Tree and its Confederates — First Funerals without Mourning — Gen . Christopher Gadsden . To the exaction of a tax on tobacco in 1677 ...
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... Henry Laurens , James Parsons , Raw . Lowndes , Thomas Bee , William Scott , Ebin . Simmons , STAMP ACT AND COMMOTIONS . At length the stamp act was passed in 1764 , by the British Parliament , in which America had no repre- sentative ...
... Henry Laurens , James Parsons , Raw . Lowndes , Thomas Bee , William Scott , Ebin . Simmons , STAMP ACT AND COMMOTIONS . At length the stamp act was passed in 1764 , by the British Parliament , in which America had no repre- sentative ...
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... Henry Laurens to his friend , Joseph Brown , of Georgetown , dated October , 11th 1766 . " Conclude not , hence , that I am an advocate for the stamp tax . No , by no means . I would give , I would do a great deal to procure a repeal of ...
... Henry Laurens to his friend , Joseph Brown , of Georgetown , dated October , 11th 1766 . " Conclude not , hence , that I am an advocate for the stamp tax . No , by no means . I would give , I would do a great deal to procure a repeal of ...
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... HENRY LAURENS . " Col. Laurens went to England in 1771 , chiefly for the purpose of educating his children , and there con- tinued his active endeavors to retard , if not to prevent , the taxing of America . Finding that arguments , re ...
... HENRY LAURENS . " Col. Laurens went to England in 1771 , chiefly for the purpose of educating his children , and there con- tinued his active endeavors to retard , if not to prevent , the taxing of America . Finding that arguments , re ...
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... Henry Laurens was elected a member of the Continental Congress , and shortly after he had taken his seat , was by that body elected their Presi- dent . While he filled this office , the British commis* sioners arrived with hopes of ...
... Henry Laurens was elected a member of the Continental Congress , and shortly after he had taken his seat , was by that body elected their Presi- dent . While he filled this office , the British commis* sioners arrived with hopes of ...
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American appointed arms arrived artillery attack Barnwell battle battle of Cowpens became brave British army brother called camp capitulation Captain captured Carolina cavalry Charleston Christopher Gadsden Colonel Williams command commenced Congress council Creek death detachment DeVeaux District duty elected encamped enemy engaged escape expedition father fire friends Gadsden gentleman Georgia Gillon Governor Governor Rutledge Hammond heard Henry Henry Laurens honor horse hundred Indians James John joined killed lady land Laurens Lieutenant Lord Cornwallis Major Marion married ment militia Moultrie mounted neighbors occasion officers ordered parole party patriotism Pickens pistols plantation powder prisoners Province received regiment respectable retreat returned revolution Richardson river royalists Rutledge Samuel Hammond Savannah sent siege siege of Savannah Simons soldiers soon South-Carolina Sullivan's Island Sumter surrender taken Tarleton Tarleton Brown Thomas tion told took tories vessels whigs William Henry Drayton Williamson wounded young
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Página 27 - Parliament, had power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to " bind the colonies, and people of America, in all cases whatsoever.
Página 80 - ... the Provincial Congress of each province, under the direction of the great Continental Congress, is invested with all legislative and executive powers within their respective provinces ; and that no other legislative or executive power, does, or can exist, at this time, in any of these colonies.
Página 77 - That all officers, both civil and military, in this county be entitled to exercise the same powers and authorities as heretofore; that every member of this delegation shall henceforth be a civil officer and exercise the powers of a justice of the peace, issue process, hear and determine controversies according to law, preserve peace, union and harmony in the county, and use every exertion to spread the love of liberty and of country until a more general and better organized system of government be...
Página 97 - em ; their shot Came so swift and so hot, And the cowardly dogs stood so stiff, sirs, That I put ship about, And was glad to get out, Or they would not have left me a skiff, sirs.
Página 81 - That whatever person shall hereafter receive a commission from the Crown, or attempt to exercise any such commission heretofore received, shall be deemed an enemy to his country...
Página 81 - That these resolves be in full force and virtue until instructions from the Provincial Congress regulating the jurisprudence of the province shall provide otherwise, or the legislative body of Great Britain resign its unjust and arbitrary pretensions with respect to America.
Página 81 - Men of the said company, who, upon proof of the fact, shall commit him, the said offender, to safe custody, until the next sitting of the Committee, who shall deal with him as prudence may direct.
Página 81 - ... seized and held in custody by the constable, for the space of thirty days ; in which time, if the debtor fail to return and discharge the debt, the constable shall return the warrant to one of the...
Página 427 - ... years by the unanimous choice of his men in the invasion and conquest of Canada by the British, the command of a regiment at the capture of Burgoyne in 1777, that of a member of the State convention which adopted the Federal Constitution and a long service as a State Senator, member of the Council of Appointment, and Chief Judge of this county.
Página 564 - A glance to the left showed the young men their danger : they were within pistol shot of a thousand men drawn up in order of battle. Wheeling their horses, they discovered a troop already leaping the fence into the avenue in their rear. Quick as thought they again wheeled their horses, and dashed down the avenue directly towards the house, where stood the quarter-guard to receive them. On reaching the garden fence — a rude structure formed of a kind of lath, and called a wattled fence — they...
Referencias a este libro
Charleston's Sons of Liberty: A Study of the Artisans, 1763-1789 Richard Walsh Vista de fragmentos - 1959 |
William Henry Drayton & the American Revolution William M. Dabney,Marion Dargan Vista de fragmentos - 1962 |