Proceedings of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, on the Occasion of Their ... AnniversaryPress of Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 1880 |
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A. C. FEARING ABBOTT LAWRENCE ADDRESS OF FREDERIC affairs American anniversary appointed Asso battle of Bunker Belmont Park Boston Bunker Hill Association BUNKER HILL MONUMENT Cambridge character CHARLES CHARLES DEANE Charlestown of patri ciation citizens civil colonies command commemorate death Director in 1840 duties early elected a Director FRANKLIN DARRACOTT FREDERIC W gifted with fortune held HENRY H HENRY KNOX THATCHER HILL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION honor interest ISAAC LIVERMORE JAMES JAMES OTIS JOHN H Joseph Warren JUNE 17 king labor last Annual Meeting LINCOLN midshipman officers OTIS NORCROSS patriotic PERKINS President Bunker Hill redoubt rendered Resolutions in memory Resolutions were unanimously Resolved RICHARD FROTHINGHAM SAMUEL San Francisco SAWYER sovereign spirit Standing Committee statue of Colonel THOMAS THORNDIKE TIMOTHY tion To-day we assemble took Treasurer tribute unanimously adopted URIEL CROCKER Voted WALTER HASTINGS WASHINGTON WARREN WHIDDEN WILLIAM G WILLIAM PERKINS William Tudor
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Page 11 - Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased.
Page 10 - Resolved, — That the secretary be instructed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the family of...
Page 40 - They said that there was not a sovereign in Europe who was lodged so poorly; that his sorry, dingy, old, brick palace of St. James looked like a stable, and that he ought to build a palace suited to his kingdom. The king was fond of architecture, and would therefore more readily listen to suggestions, which were in fact all true.
Page 40 - The next morning he called according to agreement, and took Mr. Adams into Hyde Park, to a spot near the Serpentine river, where he gave him the following narrative. The King came to the throne a young man, surrounded by flattering courtiers; one of whose frequent topics it was, to declaim against the meanness of his palace, which was uhelly unworthy a monarch of such a country as England. They said that there was not a monarch in Europe wh» was lodged so poorly ; that his sorry, dingy, old brick...
Page 40 - When President Adams was minister at the court of St. James, he often saw his countryman, Benjamin West, the late president of the royal academy. Mr. West always retained a strong and unyielding affection for his native land. Mr. West one dav asked Mr. Adams, if he should like to take a walk with him, and see the cause of the American revolution.
Page 40 - This spot that you see here was selected for the site, between this and this point, which were marked out. The king applied to his ministers on the subject; they inquired what sum would be wanted by his majesty, who said that he would begin with a million. They stated the expenses of the war, and the poverty of the treasury, but that his majesty's wishes should be taken into full consideration. Some time afterwards, the king was informed that the wants of the treasury were too urgent to admit of...
Page 40 - Mr. West one day asked Mr. Adams, if he should like to take a walk with him, and see the cause of the American revolution. The minister, having known something of this matter, smiled at the proposal, but told him that he...
Page 41 - Caesar in trousers and French boots. No doubt the proudest moment Mr. Adams ever knew was the day on which he was presented to George III. as the first American Ambassador. " Sir," said the king, " I was the last man in my kingdom to consent to your independence, and I shall be the last to do anything to infringe it," — a manly as well as kingly speech.
Page 40 - River, where he gave him the following narrative. The king came to the throne a young man, surrounded by flattering courtiers ; one of whose frequent topics it was, to declaim against the meanness of his palace, which was wholly unworthy a monarch of such a country as England. They said that there was not a sovereign in Europe who was lodged so poorly ; that his sorry, dingy, old, brick palace of St. James, looked like a stable, and that he ought to build a palace suitable to bis kingdom.
Page 40 - ... in America to supply all the king's wishes. This suggestion was followed up, and the king was in this way first led to consider, and then to consent to, the scheme for taxing the colonies. Mr. West always acquitted the king of all blame in the measures connected with the American war; but asserted that he was from first to last kept in ignorance of the true state of the question and of the situation of the colonies, and constantly deceived by the misrepresentations of those about him.