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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 395 395 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 370 370 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 46 46 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 26: (search)
t court with dislike; and the King himself agreed with him in nothing but the wish to humble the aristocracy. At the time of Chatham's taking office, Choiseul, Aug. the greatest minister of France since Richelieu, Chatham in Walpole, IV. 279. having assigned the care of the navy to his brother, had resumed that of Foreign Ane timber, lighter than oak, easily wrought, not liable to split, and incorruptible; how the inhabitants, already numerous, and doubling their Chap. XXVI.} 1766. Aug. numbers every twenty years, were opulent, warlike, and conscious of their strength; how they followed the sea, especially at the north, and engaged in great fisheriseul was reading in the Gazette of Leyden the Answer lately made by the Assembly of Massachusetts to its Governor, and learned with astonish- Chap. XXVI.} 1766. Aug. ment that colonies which were supposed to have no liberties but by inference, spoke boldly and firmly of rights and a Constitution. Durand to Choiseul, 27 Aug.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 30: (search)
Burke to Rockingham, 18 August, 1767. A leader of a party had never Aug. done so much to diminish its influence. Very honest, truly liberal,t the head of the Treasury with less dissatisfac- Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. tion. He retained the confident expectation of an alliance Walpoe la main du Due de Choiseul. Your prayer will be Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. heard, answered Durand, then in London as Minister. Durand to Choreater than England in extent, and perhaps becom- Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. ing more populous, having fisheries, forests, shipping, corn, iron aive the prince who now sways the British sceptre Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. of millions of free subjects. Britannus Americanus, in Boston Gazd when it was con– sidered, that Mansfield and the Ministry declared Aug. some of the grants in colonial Charters to be nugatory on the groundr, in Boston Gazette, 648, 3, 1; 31 August, 1767. Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. they added, Our strength consists in union. Let us, above all, be o
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 35: (search)
t truer notions of their rights and interests. The advice of the Council was inspired by loy- Aug. alty. All attempts at a concert to cease importations had hitherto failed; the menace of the arrival of troops revived the design, and early in August, most of the merchants of the town of Boston subscribed an agreement, that they would not send for any kind of merchandise from Great Britain, soan pain. In freedom we're born, in freedom we'll live; Our purses are ready, Chap. XXXV.} 1768. Aug. Steady, boys, steady, Not as slaves, but as freemen, our money we'll give. The British adminite statesmen of France; but the militia of the Colonies numbers four hundred Chap. XXXV.} 1768. Aug. thousand men, and among them several regiments of cavalry. The people are enthusiastic for liber violent measures, or to yield. When, on the nineteenth of August, England Chap. XXXV.} 1768. Aug. heard that Massachusetts had, by a vast majority of its representatives, refused to rescind the r
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter XLI (search)
d Milhet for the merchants, waited on O'Reilly at the Balise, to recognise his authority and implore his mercy. O'Reilly, who had no fear except lest the lead- Aug. ing insurgents should escape into the English territory, Don Alexander O'Reilly to the Marquis of Grimaldi, New Orleans 31 August, 1769. welcomed the deputies wefore the day was over, possession was taken in behalf of the Catholic King, and the Spanish flag was raised at every post in the city. On the Chap. XLI.} 1769. Aug. twentieth, Aubry made a full report of the events of the revolution, and named the chiefs in the enterprise. Aubry to O'Reilly, 20 August. O'Reilly to Grimaldifrom their bayonets. Martin's History of Louisiana; Gayarreas Hist. de la Louisiane, II. 305. The official report only declares, that he did Chap XLI.} 1769. Aug. not survive the first day of bondage. Note at page 303 of Gayarreas Lectures, Third Series. The blow fell unexpectedly, and spread consternation. An amnest
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 42: (search)
. the Lieutenant Governor well understands my Chap. XLII.} 1769. Aug. system, Bernard to Hillsborough, 29 April, 1769. said Bernard, asthe subserviency of a courtier, yet in approving Chap. XLII.} 1769. Aug. wills, he was considerate towards the orphan and the window, and he t to colonial liberties. Hutchinson to Lyman. Chap. XLII.} 1769. Aug. At Boston he wished not to be thought to have been very closely conn design aside, &c. &c. as well as those of Rhode Chap. XLII.} 1769. Aug. Island and Connecticut; the dismemberment of Massachusetts Beside Sec. XV. Compare other letters. to England; the Chap XLII.} 1769. Aug. prohibition of the New England fisheries Hutchinson to Sir Francispiracy or an intrigue. But some of his letters Chap. XLII.} 1769. Aug. could hardly fail to be discovered; and then it would be disclosed tagreement. At a great and public Meeting of Mer- Chap XLII.} 1769. Aug. chants Boston Gazette, 749, 2, 1, of 14 August, 1769. in Faneuil
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 47: (search)
nd August 5, 1771; probably written early in August, 1771. At least his intrepidity could not be Aug. questioned. His language became more explicit as danger drew nearer. In August, Boston saw in iAugust, Boston saw in its harbor twelve vessels of war, carrying more than two hundred and sixty guns, commanded by Mon. tagu, the brother of Sandwich. Boston Gazette, 19 Aug. 1771. Yet there was no one salient wrongn to Secretary John Pownall, 21 July, 1772; in Remembrancer, 1776, II. 57. The Secretary, on his Aug. part, was proceeding with eager haste to carry Townshend's system into effect; and on the sevenththe King's pleasure, stipendiaries of the Crown, was selected as the crisis Chap. XLVII.} 1772. Aug. of revolution. Meantime Hillsborough was left with few supporters except the herd of flattererfor the Western Province should never be sealed; and the amiable Dartmouth, Chap. XLVII.} 1772. Aug. who became Secretary for the Colonies, had been taught to believe, Compare Dartmouth to Hutchi
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 48: (search)
s hold Correspondence. August, 1772—January, 173. we must get the colonies into order, before we Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Aug. engage with our neighbors, were the words of the king to Lord North in August; and though nothing could be more unlike thaAugust; and though nothing could be more unlike than the manners of George the Third and Louis the Fifteenth, a cordial understanding sprung up between them, and even a project for a defensive alliance, that monarchy might triumph in France over philosophy, in America over the people. If in other ions of Languedoc and Brittany without scruple, employing military force against their states. The Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Aug. parliament of Paris, even more than the other companies of judges, had become an aristocratic senate, not only distributined voluptuary, sensuality springs from infidelity in the moral existence, and with greedy eagerness Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Aug. catches at every physical enjoyment that can be crowded into declining years. The absolute king of France, now that he wa
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 50: (search)
Chapter 50: The Boston tea party. August—December, 1773. The East India Company, who were now by Act Chap L.} 1773. Aug. of Parliament authorized to export tea to America entirely duty free in England, applied to the Treasury in August for the necessary license. They were warned by Americans, that their adventure Lee to S. Adams, 22 Dec. 1773. would end in loss, and some difficulties occurred in details; but the scruples of the Company were overruled by Lord North, who answeredAugust for the necessary license. They were warned by Americans, that their adventure Lee to S. Adams, 22 Dec. 1773. would end in loss, and some difficulties occurred in details; but the scruples of the Company were overruled by Lord North, who answered peremptorily, It is to no purpose making objections, for the King will have it so. The King means to try the question with America. Almon's Anecdotes and Speeches of the Earl of Chatham, ch. XLI. Compare also B. Franklin to his Son William Franklin, 14 July, 1773; Franklin's Writings, VIII. 75. The time was short; the danger to Boston immi- Sept. nent; resistance at all hazards was the purpose of its Committee of Correspondence; violent resistance might become necessary; and to underta