American Annals: Or, a Chronological History of America, from Its Discovery in MCCCCXCII to MDCCCVI, Volumen2W. Hilliard, 1805 |
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... ports , and 14 ( if not 18 ) guns mounted , whereof 6 were eighteen poun- ders . The wall on the south line , fronting to the sea , was 22 feet high , and more than 6 feet thick at the ports , which were 8 feet from the ground . The ...
... ports , and 14 ( if not 18 ) guns mounted , whereof 6 were eighteen poun- ders . The wall on the south line , fronting to the sea , was 22 feet high , and more than 6 feet thick at the ports , which were 8 feet from the ground . The ...
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... Port Royal in Jamaica to its foundations ; at Jamaica . buried nine tenths of the city under water ; and made awful devastations over the whole island . Northwardly of the town , above a thousand acres were sunk . Two thousand souls ...
... Port Royal in Jamaica to its foundations ; at Jamaica . buried nine tenths of the city under water ; and made awful devastations over the whole island . Northwardly of the town , above a thousand acres were sunk . Two thousand souls ...
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... Port Royal , who was a witness of the tremendous scene , in an account of it , which he wrote soon after , on board a vessel in Port Royal harbour , observes : " It is a sad sight to see all this harbour , one of the fairest and ...
... Port Royal , who was a witness of the tremendous scene , in an account of it , which he wrote soon after , on board a vessel in Port Royal harbour , observes : " It is a sad sight to see all this harbour , one of the fairest and ...
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... port town . Act for se- curity of Charles- town . Tiverton , The town of Severn , in Ann county in Maryland , was made a port town , and the residence of a col- lector , and naval officer ; and received the name of Annapolis . ' On ...
... port town . Act for se- curity of Charles- town . Tiverton , The town of Severn , in Ann county in Maryland , was made a port town , and the residence of a col- lector , and naval officer ; and received the name of Annapolis . ' On ...
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... Port au Paix , which was , in like man- ner , abandoned by the French ; who were inter- cepted in their retreat , and almost all their officers either slain , or taken prisoners . 3 The Five Nations refusing to accede to the terms ...
... Port au Paix , which was , in like man- ner , abandoned by the French ; who were inter- cepted in their retreat , and almost all their officers either slain , or taken prisoners . 3 The Five Nations refusing to accede to the terms ...
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Página 72 - We agree also that the heads of agreement assented to by the united ministers, formerly called presbyterian and congregational, be observed by the churches throughout this colony.
Página 278 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Página 395 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Página 313 - Also that the keeping a standing army in several of these colonies, in time of peace, without the consent of the legislature of that colony in which such army is kept, is against law.
Página 313 - Also the act passed in the same session for establishing the Roman Catholic religion, in the province of Quebec, abolishing the equitable system of English laws, and erecting a tyranny there, to the great danger, (from so total a dissimilarity of religion, law and government) of the neighbouring British colonies, by the assistance of whose blood and treasure the said country was conquered from France.
Página 366 - As the divisions had nearly the same distance to march, I ordered each of them, immediately upon forcing the out-guards, to push directly into the town, that they might charge the enemy before they had time to form. The upper...
Página 259 - ... subjects of Great Britain as to those of France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part which is between the said island of New Orleans and the right bank of that river, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth: It is further stipulated, that the vessels belonging to the subjects of either nation shall not be stopped, visited, or subjected to the payment of any duty whatsoever.
Página 261 - The Government of Quebec bounded on the Labrador coast by the River St John, and from thence by a line drawn from the head of that river through the Lake St.
Página 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Página 152 - Carolinean troops, enfeebled by the heat, dispirited by sickness, and fatigued by fruitless efforts, marched away in large bodies.