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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 51 51 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 8 8 Browse Search
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George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 4 4 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 4: (search)
Historical Review, i. .276. Compare, too, Dean Swift's Letters. and every successive period of discontent swelled the tide of emigrants. Just after the peace of Paris, the Heart of Oak Protestants of Ulster, weary of strife with their landlords, came over in great numbers; James Gordon's History of Ireland, II. 241. and settlements on the Catawba, in South Carolina, dated from that epoch. The parents of Andrew Jackson, the late President of the United States, reached South Carolina in 1764. At different times in the eighteenth century, some had found homes in New-England, but they were most numerous south of New-York, from New-Jersey to Georgia. In Pennsylvania they peopled many coun- chap. IV.} 1763. ties, till, in public life, they already balanced the influence of the Quakers. In Virginia, they went up the valley of the Shenandoah; and they extended themselves along the tributaries of the Catawba, in the beautiful upland region of North Carolina. Their training in Irela
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 7: (search)
VII.} 1763. May. souls, of whom five hundred were men able to bear arms, Rogers: Account of North America, 168. When I took possession of the country, soon after the surrender of Canada, they were about 2500 in number, there being near 500 that bore arms, and near 300 dwelling houses. or as three or four hundred French families; Journal of George Croghan, 17 August, 1765: The people here consist of three or four hundred French families. Craig's Olden Times, 414. yet an enumeration, in 1764, proved them not numerous, Mante's History of the War in North America, 525. with only men enough to form three companies of lnilitia; Ibid, 515. and in 1768 the official census reported but five hundred and seventy-two souls, State of the Settlement of Detroit, in Gage to Hillsborough, No. 2, of 15 May, 1768: Number of souls, 572; cultivated acres, 514 1/2; corn produced yearly, 9789 French bushels; horned cattle, 600; hogs, 567.—an account which is in harmony with the best traditio
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
The movement in Virginia was directed against 1764, Jan. the prerogative. Vague rumors prevailed , and the alleviation of the burdens chap IX.} 1764. Jan. which pressed upon the country gentlemen a, he was at variance with his col- chap. IX.} 1764. Jan. leagues, whose rashness he moderated, andgarded the parliament of England as chap. IX.} 1764. Mar. in all cases supreme; he knew no other laven by the Assemblies, to prevent a chap. IX.} 1764. Mar. tax of that nature from being laid withou fallen into oblivion. The experi- chap. IX.} 1764. April. ment was again renewed; and a bounty o4. Great Britain had sought to com- chap. IX.} 1764. April. pete with the Dutch in that branch of d, but the mother country, reasoned chap. IX.} 1764. April. Grenville, feels herself benefited by siatic as well — as of European sup chap. IX.} 1764. April. plies; a diminution of drawbacks on fo to make some provision in the pre- chap. IX.} 1764. April. sent session of parliament toward rais[8 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
Aubry an Ministre, Due de Choiseul, le 7 Avril, 1764. But Choiseul himself saw futurity better. He me to the treaty of peace with Great chap. X.} 1764. April. Britain, issued the order Le Due dence of his election. For himself and chap X.} 1764 May. for others, he held that all sorrows and alay what burthens they please on us, chap. X.} 1764. July he even added, it is our duty to submit a his general impartiality. the whole chap. X.} 1764. Aug. under the command of Bradstreet, reached ebec and Montreal, most of them fol- chap. X.} 1764. Sept. lowers of the army, of low education, al liberty, no happiness, no security, chap. X.} 1764 Oct. nor even the idea of property. Life itselus selfishness of the proprietaries, chap. X.} 1764. had in May spoken earnestly against the propose with the Indians on the Ohio it was chap X.} 1764. Oct. desirable to show a strong force in the me Indian villages, he made an encamp chap. X.} 1764. Oct. ment that had the appearance of an Englis[29 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
erty and justice; and that the prince who presided over it realized the idea of a patriot king. Contrary to usage, the house made no reply; but on the sixth of June, James Otis, Diary of Ezra Stiles. Tenth Toast at Liberty Tree, 14 Aug. 1766. The late Alden Bradford the informed me, that Mrs. Warren, of Plymouth, who was the sister of Otis, told him the proposal was planned at her house, on the return of Otis from a visit to Barnstable. The impulse was given in Boston Instructions of 1764. of Boston, in single-minded wisdom, advised the calling of an American Congress, which should come together without asking the consent of the king, and should consist of committees from each of the thirteen colonies, to be appointed respectively by the delegates of the people, without regard to the other branches of the legislature. Such an assembly had never existed; and the purpose of deliberating upon the acts of parliament was equally novel. The tories sneered Letter from Boston in
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 4: (search)
Historical Review, i. .276. Compare, too, Dean Swift's Letters. and every successive period of discontent swelled the tide of emigrants. Just after the peace of Paris, the Heart of Oak Protestants of Ulster, weary of strife with their landlords, came over in great numbers; James Gordon's History of Ireland, II. 241. and settlements on the Catawba, in South Carolina, dated from that epoch. The parents of Andrew Jackson, the late President of the United States, reached South Carolina in 1764. At different times in the eighteenth century, some had found homes in New-England, but they were most numerous south of New-York, from New-Jersey to Georgia. In Pennsylvania they peopled many coun- chap. IV.} 1763. ties, till, in public life, they already balanced the influence of the Quakers. In Virginia, they went up the valley of the Shenandoah; and they extended themselves along the tributaries of the Catawba, in the beautiful upland region of North Carolina. Their training in Irela
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 7: (search)
VII.} 1763. May. souls, of whom five hundred were men able to bear arms, Rogers: Account of North America, 168. When I took possession of the country, soon after the surrender of Canada, they were about 2500 in number, there being near 500 that bore arms, and near 300 dwelling houses. or as three or four hundred French families; Journal of George Croghan, 17 August, 1765: The people here consist of three or four hundred French families. Craig's Olden Times, 414. yet an enumeration, in 1764, proved them not numerous, Mante's History of the War in North America, 525. with only men enough to form three companies of lnilitia; Ibid, 515. and in 1768 the official census reported but five hundred and seventy-two souls, State of the Settlement of Detroit, in Gage to Hillsborough, No. 2, of 15 May, 1768: Number of souls, 572; cultivated acres, 514 1/2; corn produced yearly, 9789 French bushels; horned cattle, 600; hogs, 567.—an account which is in harmony with the best traditio
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
Commons, XXIX. 695, 698. Annual Register, for 1764. Appendix to Chronicle, 157, 163. A reduction The movement in Virginia was directed against 1764, Jan. the prerogative. Vague rumors prevailed , and the alleviation of the burdens chap IX.} 1764. Jan. which pressed upon the country gentlemen use of four hundred and fifty he es- chap IX.} 1764 Feb. caped, but only by a majority of fourteen.ven by the Assemblies, to prevent a chap. IX.} 1764. Mar. tax of that nature from being laid withou4. Great Britain had sought to com- chap. IX.} 1764. April. pete with the Dutch in that branch of ext session, to bring in a bill im- chap. IX.} 1764. April. posing stamp-duties in America, and thsiatic as well — as of European sup chap. IX.} 1764. April. plies; a diminution of drawbacks on fo to make some provision in the pre- chap. IX.} 1764. April. sent session of parliament toward raisxation more convenient to them, and chap. IX.} 1764. April. make any proposition of equal efficacy[8 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
so often, evil designs created their chap. X.} 1764. May. own remedy. If the colonist is taxed wirudent and industrious wife, endowed chap. X.} 1764. May. with the best qualities of a New-Englandtowards Great Britain. Prohibitions chap. X.} 1764. June. of trade are neither equitable nor justersonal, fixed or floating property, chap. X.} 1764. July. in the colonies, is absolutely irreconcir own representatives. In Rome, not chap. X.} 1764. July. only the colonies when first planted, bud be safe. They and their posterity chap. X.} 1764. July. have enjoyed them to their content, and liberty, no happiness, no security, chap. X.} 1764 Oct. nor even the idea of property. Life itselus selfishness of the proprietaries, chap. X.} 1764. had in May spoken earnestly against the propose Indian villages, he made an encamp chap. X.} 1764. Oct. ment that had the appearance of an Englis no sin to pray to God that the mon- chap. X.} 1764. Dec. strously popular constitution of Connecti[29 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
erty and justice; and that the prince who presided over it realized the idea of a patriot king. Contrary to usage, the house made no reply; but on the sixth of June, James Otis, Diary of Ezra Stiles. Tenth Toast at Liberty Tree, 14 Aug. 1766. The late Alden Bradford the informed me, that Mrs. Warren, of Plymouth, who was the sister of Otis, told him the proposal was planned at her house, on the return of Otis from a visit to Barnstable. The impulse was given in Boston Instructions of 1764. of Boston, in single-minded wisdom, advised the calling of an American Congress, which should come together without asking the consent of the king, and should consist of committees from each of the thirteen colonies, to be appointed respectively by the delegates of the people, without regard to the other branches of the legislature. Such an assembly had never existed; and the purpose of deliberating upon the acts of parliament was equally novel. The tories sneered Letter from Boston in
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