Biographia Americana: Or, A Historical and Critical Account of the Lives, Actions, and Writings of the Most Distinguished Persons in North America; from the First Settlement to the Present Time...D. Mallory, 1825 - 356 pages |
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... adopted by Massachusetts , on a mo- tion of Mr. Adams , at a public town - meeting in Boston . This plan was afterwards followed by all the provinces . He was afterwards the first to suggest a congress of the colonies . After every ...
... adopted by Massachusetts , on a mo- tion of Mr. Adams , at a public town - meeting in Boston . This plan was afterwards followed by all the provinces . He was afterwards the first to suggest a congress of the colonies . After every ...
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... adoption of the state constitution in 1780. He was president of the convention which formed it ; and some of its ... adopted , Mr. Bowdoin was at the head of the Boston delegation , all of 21 Roylston, Nicholas Bowdoin, James.
... adoption of the state constitution in 1780. He was president of the convention which formed it ; and some of its ... adopted , Mr. Bowdoin was at the head of the Boston delegation , all of 21 Roylston, Nicholas Bowdoin, James.
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... adopted the federal constitution ; on which occasion he made a speech in its favour . The baptist church of America owe not a little of their present flourishing condition to his exertions . In 1796 , he completed his church history of ...
... adopted the federal constitution ; on which occasion he made a speech in its favour . The baptist church of America owe not a little of their present flourishing condition to his exertions . In 1796 , he completed his church history of ...
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... adoption of such measures as would secure the rights , liberties , and privileges of the colonies , and restore harmony between the two countries . The opening of the year 1775 , instead of a recon- ciliation , brought about those ...
... adoption of such measures as would secure the rights , liberties , and privileges of the colonies , and restore harmony between the two countries . The opening of the year 1775 , instead of a recon- ciliation , brought about those ...
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... adopted the present con- stitution . In 1789 , he was chosen a senator to congress . In 1793 , he was elected the first gover- nor of the state , which office he filled with his ac- customed promptitude and fidelity , until his in- firm ...
... adopted the present con- stitution . In 1789 , he was chosen a senator to congress . In 1793 , he was elected the first gover- nor of the state , which office he filled with his ac- customed promptitude and fidelity , until his in- firm ...
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Page 140 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it, sir, we must fight. An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us.
Page 274 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Page 140 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! They tell...
Page 141 - He took his seat. No murmur of applause was heard. The effect was too deep. After the trance of a moment, several members started from their seats. The cry, "to arms!
Page 138 - Upon offering them to the house, violent debates ensued. Many threats were uttered, and much abuse cast on me, by the party for submission. After a long and warm contest, the resolutions passed by a very small majority, perhaps of one or two only. The alarm spread throughout America with astonishing quickness, and the ministerial party were overwhelmed. The great point of resistance to British taxation was universally established in the colonies. This brought on the war, which finally separated the...
Page 196 - I was struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye.
Page 337 - No man ever left behind him a character more venerated than George Wythe. His virtue was of the purest tint; his integrity inflexible, and his justice exact; of warm patriotism, and, devoted as he was to liberty, and the natural and equal rights of man, he might truly be called the Cato of his country, without the avarice of the Roman; for a more disinterested person never lived.
Page 216 - Quebec, in 1759, on the very spot, where he was doomed to fall, when fighting against her, under the banners of freedom. After his return to England, he quitted his regiment, in 1772, though in a fair way to preferment. He had imbibed an attachment to America, viewing it as the rising seat of arts and freedom. After his arrival in this country, he purchased an estate in New York, about...
Page 139 - The meeting was awfully solemn. The object which had called them together was of incalculable magnitude. The liberties of no less than three millions of people, with that of all their posterity, were staked on the wisdom and energy of their councils.