The Description of the City of New York ...: To which is Prefixed, a Brief Account of Its First Settlement by the Dutch, in the Year 1629; and of the Most Remarkable Events which Have Occurred in Its History, from that to the Present PeriodS. Marks, 1827 - 360 sivua |
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Sivu 65
... fund being raised in all the American colonies , in proportion to their re- spective abilities for defraying the expenses entered into for their common defence . Massachusetts bay was the first , which directed their agent in Britain to ...
... fund being raised in all the American colonies , in proportion to their re- spective abilities for defraying the expenses entered into for their common defence . Massachusetts bay was the first , which directed their agent in Britain to ...
Sivu 96
... funds were exhausted and his creditors importunate , while his lust for extravagant living still continued . About July 1779 , he exhibited many heavy accounts against the public , of which the commissioners re- jected about one half ...
... funds were exhausted and his creditors importunate , while his lust for extravagant living still continued . About July 1779 , he exhibited many heavy accounts against the public , of which the commissioners re- jected about one half ...
Sivu 137
... such conclusive evidence , in favour of the proposed canals , that an act was passed , April 5 , 1817 ; but not without the mos decided opposition , providing funds for proceeding in the actual M 2 UNDER THE AMERICANS . 137.
... such conclusive evidence , in favour of the proposed canals , that an act was passed , April 5 , 1817 ; but not without the mos decided opposition , providing funds for proceeding in the actual M 2 UNDER THE AMERICANS . 137.
Sivu 138
... funds for proceeding in the actual execution of the design , which was destined to connect the At- lantic Ocean with Lake Erie by a GRAND CANAL , which was to have a surface of forty feet in breadth , declined to eighteen feet at bottom ...
... funds for proceeding in the actual execution of the design , which was destined to connect the At- lantic Ocean with Lake Erie by a GRAND CANAL , which was to have a surface of forty feet in breadth , declined to eighteen feet at bottom ...
Sivu 172
... Professorship , the first of the kind ever contemplated in America , and resolutions were passed to raise the necessary funds for its support . Whilst negociation with the Church of Holland was pend- ing 172 A LIST OF CHURCHES .
... Professorship , the first of the kind ever contemplated in America , and resolutions were passed to raise the necessary funds for its support . Whilst negociation with the Church of Holland was pend- ing 172 A LIST OF CHURCHES .
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Sivu 24 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
Sivu 65 - They nourished up ~by YOUR indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule them...
Sivu 65 - However superior to me in general knowledge and experience the respectable body of this house may be, yet I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country. The people, I believe, are as truly loyal as any subjects the king has ; but a people jealous of their liberties, and who will vindicate them, if ever they should be violated. But the subject is too delicate ; I will say no more.
Sivu 66 - ... to both houses of parliament, to procure the repeal of the act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, of all clauses of any other acts of parliament, whereby the jurisdiction of the admiralty is extended as aforesaid, and of the other late acts for the restriction of American commerce.
Sivu 86 - The evacuation of Ticonderoga and Mount Independence is an event of chagrin and surprise not apprehended, nor within the compass of my reasoning.
Sivu 288 - The American Bible Society, of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment.
Sivu 104 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Sivu 65 - ... glad, by going to a foreign country, to escape being brought to the bar of a court of justice in their own. They protected by your arms...