The Life of John Paterson: Major General in the Revolutionary ArmyG. P. Putnam's sons, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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1st Massachusetts Brigade acts adjourned American appointed April arms army arrived assembled attack August battle battle of Monmouth BATTLE OF TRENTON Berkshire County Boston British Burgoyne called camp Captain charter citizens Colonel Paterson colonies command commenced committee Company Connecticut Continental Congress convention Council county of Berkshire Court December declared defense duty Egleston enemy England enlisted eral evacuation Farmington February force governor honor Hudson hundred insurgents January John Paterson judges July June king legislature liberty Lincoln Major Major-General March Massachusetts Archives Massachusetts Bay ment military militia monument November October officers ordered party patriotic Peekskill Philadelphia Pittsfield pounds present province Provincial Congress rebellion rebels Rec'd in full received redress representatives retreat Revolution river sent September session Shays soldiers Steuben Stockbridge Thomas Egleston Ticonderoga tion took town meeting town of Lenox train bands troops voted W. H. Lee Washington West Point Worcester York
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Página 221 - men once to Die: Do Make and ordain this my last Will and Testament—that is to say Principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God who gave it, hoping for the pardon of all my Sins and
Página 148 - the Bill of Rights, which provides " that the people have a right in an orderly and peaceable manner to assemble to consult upon the common good, give instructions to their representatives, and to request of the legislative body, by way of addresses,
Página 86 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms—never, never, never,
Página 221 - the Same again by the Mighty power of God. —And as Touching Such worldly goods and Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and Dispose of the Same in the following
Página 255 - hold their thunders in; No challenge sends she to the elder world That looked askance and hated: a light scorn Plays o'er her mouth, as round her mighty knees She calls her children back, and waits the morn Of nobler day, enthroned between her subject seas.
Página 133 - from the citizens of America, possess high veneration for the character of that illustrious Roman, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus, and being resolved to follow his example by returning to their citizenship, they think they may well denominate themselves the Society of the Cincinnati.
Página 123 - Happy, thrice happy, shall they be pronounced hereafter who have contributed anything, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this stupendous fabric of freedom and empire on the broad basis of independency, who have assisted in protecting the rights of human nature and
Página 221 - Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and Dispose of the Same in the following maner and form
Página 221 - Redeemer, And my Body I Commit to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial, at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter Mentioned, nothing Doubting but at the
Página 248 - I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments of the Declaration of Independence.'