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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
n the town of York, offering its inhabitants no choice but captivity or death. The fort which was rebuilt at Pemaquid was, at least, an assertion of English supremacy over the neighboring region. In England, the conquest of Canada was resolved on; but Chap. XXI.} the fleet designed for the expedition, after a repulse at Martinique, sailed for Boston, freighted with the yel- 1693. low fever, which destroyed two thirds of the mariners and soldiers on board. For a season, hostilities in Aug. 11. Maine were suspended by a treaty of peace with the Abenakis; but, in less than a year, solely through the influence of the Jesuits, they were again in the field, 1694 July 18. led by Villieu, the French commander on the Penobscot; and the village at Oyster River, in New Hampshire, was the victim of their fury. Ninety-four persons were killed and carried away. The young wife of Thomas Drew was taken to the tribe at Norridgewock: there, in midwinter, in the open air, during a storm of sno
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
erved to hush their scruples. If you take slaves in faith, and with the intent of conducting them to Christ, the action will not be a sin, but may prove a benediction. After the departure of Oglethorpe, the southern colonies enjoyed repose; for the war for colonial commerce had become merged in a vast European struggle, involving the principles and the designs Chap XXIV} which had agitated the civilized world for centuries. In France, Fleury, like Walpole, desiring to adhere to 1740 Aug. 11. the policy of peace, was, like Walpole, overruled by the selfishness of his rivals. He looked anxiously upon Von Raumer's Friedrich II. u. seine zeit. 26 the commotions in Europe, and saw no way of escape. It appeared to him as if the end of the world was at hand; and it was so with regard to the world of feudalism and Catholic legitimacy. He expressed his aversion to all wars; and when the king of Spain— Raumer 28. whom natural melancholy, irritated by ill health and losses, prompt
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 19: (search)
d by fifteen hundred from Jamaica. Before the end of July, the needed reinforcements arrived from New York and New England; among these was Putnam, the brave ranger of Connecticut, and numbers of men less happy, because never destined to revisit their homes. On the thirtieth of July, after a siege of twentynine days, during which the Spaniards lost a thousand chap. XIX.} 1762. men, and the brave Don Luis de Velasco was mortally wounded, the Moro Castle was taken by storm. On the eleventh of August, the governor of Havana capitulated, and the most important station in the West Indies fell into the hands of the English. At the same time, nine ships of the line and four frigates were captured in the harbor. The booty of property belonging to the king of Spain was estimated at ten millions of dollars. This most memorable siege was conducted in midsummer, against a city which lies just within the tropic. The country round the Moro Castle is rocky. To bind and carry the fascine
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., A Medford centennial note. (search)
that ploughed its way through the old town—not on the river, but where is now no vestige of water, nor has there been since 1852, when the Middlesex canal gave up its unequal struggle with the rival railroad. In a town of less than fifteen hundred people, with the canal's course in a sparsely settled portion, probably but few saw it. One of the employees, however, was specific enough, in writing his bill, to note the various services performed. His name was William Phipps, and the item, Aug. 11. 1 day to Medford with steamboat, $1.50, is a part of the amount receipted for by him, and fixes the time of at least one occurrence. We may wonder what the few that did see it thought of it. It is said that the Clermont alarmed some dwellers by the Hudson. One of them declared he had seen the devil going to Albany in a saw-mill. But New Yorkers became accustomed to it, while Medfordites did not, and with the passing of the few witnesses the fact that such an occurrence had been was lo
The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
g the enemy to shell our new position for two hours with considerable effect. Yesterday morning the rebels were not in sight on our front, but the indications were that they were reinforced on Saturday night, and were at tempting to flank our movements. Nothing has as yet been heard from Gen. Baford at Madison Court-House. During last night trains arrived from Culpeper, bringing a number of officers wounded in the late battle and skirmishes in that vicinity. Washington, August 11. P. M.--Advices have been received down to three o'clock this afternoon. There had been no further hostilities up to that time. A large number of wounded officers have arrived here from the scene of the late battle. They report our loss in officers disproportionately heavy.--Some who were in the battles of Winchester and Port Republic declare that his fight was much severer than either of those. The excitement over the battle has engrossed public attention here to-day, almost
The Daily Dispatch: August 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Impotency of their Malice. (search)
From Pensacola. Mobile, Aug. 11. --The Mobile Evening News has a special dispatch giving later news from Pensacola. There were sixteen vessels in the harbor, ten of which are vessels of war, and the rest transports. The Yankees are building two immense hospitals at the Navy Yard, each three hundred feet long and three stories high. All the negroes are being sent to New Orleans, to be drilled and placed in the Yankee army there. Pensacola itself was still considered neutral ground.
The Daily Dispatch: August 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], Charge to Corday. (search)
From Charleston. Charleston, Aug. 11. --All quiet here tonight.
The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
From Mobile. Mobile, August 11. --Heavy firing was reported at Fort Morgan on Tuesday, Wednesday and to-day. The telegraph wire is cut between the city and the fort. Two vessels are off Dog river bar this evening. The bay shores are covered with the debris of Federal vessels. Large quantities of far, pitch and turpentine have been burned to prevent the enemy from getting up. Troops are daily arriving, and a good feeling exists. Clinton, La., August 11, via Mobile 12.--New Orleans papers of the 9th have been received. They say that the Yankee monitor, Tecumseh, struck a torpedo opposite Fort Morgan and want down immediately. All on board perished (including the captain) except nine persons. After passing the fort, the Tennessee came up through the wooden vessels of the fleet, delivering broadsides, and looking for the Hartford, the flagship of Admiral Farragut. The Monongahela bore down and struck the Tennessee amidships. The Tennessee a
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