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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ingersoll, Robert Green 1833- (search)
orial to Chancellor Livingston, secretary of foreign affairs; Robert Morris, minister of finance, and his assistant, urging the necessity of adding a continental legislature to Congress, to be elected by the several States. Robert Morris invited the chancellor and a number of eminent men to meet Paine at dinner, where his plea for a stronger Union was discussed and approved. This was probably the earliest of a series of consultations preliminary to the constitutional convention. On April 19, 1783, it being the eighth anniversary of the battle of Lexington, Paine printed a little pamphlet entitled, Thoughts on peace and the probable advantages thereof. In this pamphlet he pleads for a supreme nationality absorbing all cherished sovereignties. Mr. Conway calls this pamphlet Paine's Farewell address, and gives the following extract: It was the cause of America that made me an author. The force with which it struck my mind, and the dangerous condition which the country was i
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
ritical, but Washington, by an admirable address, obtains from the officers a declaration of confidence in Congress and the country.March 15, 1783 Congress grants five years full pay to officers in lieu of half-pay for life, promised Oct. 21, 1780 March 22, 1783 Spain recognizes independence of United States March 24, 1783 Congress ratifies the preliminary treaty with Great Britain April 15, 1783 Congress proclaims a cessation of hostilities, April 11, 1783, which is read to the army April 19, 1783 Independence of the United States recognized by Russia July, 1783 Definitive treaty signed by David Hartley on the part of Great Britain, and by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay on the part of the United States Sept. 3, 1783 Washington issues his Farewell address to the army from Rocky Hill, near Princeton, N. J. Nov. 2, 1783 By general order of Congress, proclaimed Oct. 18, the army is disbanded, a small force remaining at West PointNov. 3, 1783 British evacuate New York
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sons of the Revolution. (search)
1883, and incorporated May 3, 1884, to keep alive among ourselves and our descendants the patriotic spirit of the men who, in military, naval, or civil service, by their acts or counsel, achieved American independence; to collect and secure for preservation the manuscript rolls, records, and other documents relating to the War of the Revolution, and to promote intercourse and good feeling among its members now and hereafter. Eligibility to membership is confined to male descendants, above the age of twenty-one years, from an ancestor who as either a military, naval, or marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, or official in the service of any one of the thirteen original colonies or States, or of the national government, representing or composed of those colonies or States, assisted in establishing American independence during the War of the Revolution between the 19th day of April, 1775, when hostilities commenced, and the 19th day of April, 1783, when they were ordered to cease.