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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... commenced in Virginia , were continued at intervals by other Provinces ; and the public mind was kept alive to the discussion by the memorials of Dr. Franklin and other Provin- cial Agents , sent for that purpose as charge cFaffairs ...
... commenced in Virginia , were continued at intervals by other Provinces ; and the public mind was kept alive to the discussion by the memorials of Dr. Franklin and other Provin- cial Agents , sent for that purpose as charge cFaffairs ...
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... commenced in Albemarle , with John Cul- pepper at its head , who was Surveyor General of the Province , and member of its Legislature . It was in opposition to a tax of two pence on each pound of tobacco , sold to any one who did not ...
... commenced in Albemarle , with John Cul- pepper at its head , who was Surveyor General of the Province , and member of its Legislature . It was in opposition to a tax of two pence on each pound of tobacco , sold to any one who did not ...
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... commenced , and Mr. Garth gives a decided opinion that no petition would be received denying the right of Parliament to tax the American colonists . The stamp act , the tax on tea and other things , appear to have engrossed the public ...
... commenced , and Mr. Garth gives a decided opinion that no petition would be received denying the right of Parliament to tax the American colonists . The stamp act , the tax on tea and other things , appear to have engrossed the public ...
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... commence hostili- ties against the colonists . From that moment , the committee acted with the greatest energy and decision . They did not wait to be attacked and crushed . They ordered the public armory and magazines to be broken open ...
... commence hostili- ties against the colonists . From that moment , the committee acted with the greatest energy and decision . They did not wait to be attacked and crushed . They ordered the public armory and magazines to be broken open ...
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... commencement of the present war was a subject of great grief to him , as he foresaw and foretold , in letters now extant , the distresses which both countries experience at this day . That in the rise and progress of the war , he ...
... commencement of the present war was a subject of great grief to him , as he foresaw and foretold , in letters now extant , the distresses which both countries experience at this day . That in the rise and progress of the war , he ...
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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 |