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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 210 210 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 122 122 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 41 41 Browse Search
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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 6 6 Browse Search
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.) 6 6 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 2: (search)
unteers or as sold by their prince. How came Othello, he asks, into the service of Venice? Had the Moor no country? Why did he let out his arm and blood to a foreign state? Minna von Barnhelm, act III. scene 7; and act IV. scene 6. He published to the German nation his opinion that the Americans are building in the new world the lodge of humanity, and he desired to write more, for, said he, the people is consumed by hunger and thirst; but his prince commanded silence. At Weimar, in 1779, Herder, the first who vindicated for the songs of the people their place in the annals of human culture, published these words: The boldest, most godlike thoughts of the human mind, the most beautiful and greatest works, have been perfected in republics; not only in antiquity, but in medieval and more modern times, the best history, the best philosophy of humanity and government, is always republican; and the republic exerts its influence, not by direct intervention, but mediately by its me
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 8: (search)
em from the valley of the Missis- Chap. VIII.} 1779. sippi. Montmorin to Vergennes, 20 Nov., 177eded to the new states, Lord Wey- Chap. VIII.} 1779. mouth held that it must be conceded directly t restoration of Gibraltar. Fired Chap. VIII.} 1779. by the prospect which now opened before him, tnglish themselves shall be forced Chap. VIII.} 1779. to recognise it by the peace. He fears the exeir territory and seize the fugi- Chap. VIII.} 1779. tives. Hamilton to the Spanish governor, 13cennes, and gave information that Chap. VIII.} 1779. Hamilton had weakened himself by sending out hown, as the Six Nations have sent Chap. VIII.} 1779. Feb. 23. belts around to encourage their allieagree. I will not again leave it Chap. VIII.} 1779. in your power to spirit up the Indian nations rain their ravages, which had ex- Chap. VIII.} 1779. tended from Georgia to Pennsylvania, the goverfertile country on the Cumberland Chap. VIII.} 1779. river. Clark could not pursue his career of[5 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 9: (search)
rthern campaign of 1779 two objects Chap. IX.} 1779. presented themselves to America: the capture over in whispers against Washington. Chap. IX.} 1779. Most men thought the war near its end; the skidrew the earnest thoughts of George Chap. IX.} 1779. Mason to the ruin that was coming upon the couting, however, in the most poignant Chap. IX.} 1779. terms, the fatal policy too prevalent in most aring to you, that I have never yet Chap. IX.} 1779. seen the time in which our affairs, in my opins to preserve moderation related to Chap. IX.} 1779. boundaries and to the fisheries. They were toce agreed not to fish within thirty Chap. IX.} 1779. leagues of the coast of Nova Scotia; and by thhat the New England men, on ceasing Chap. IX.} 1779. to be the subjects of that crown, lost all rigss no territory on the Mississippi, Chap. IX.} 1779. from its source to its mouth. On the same d treaty with Spain lingered a month Chap. IX.} 1779. Sept. 17. longer. On the seventeenth of Septe[10 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 10: (search)
10: The war in the northern department. 1779. while congress employed the summer in debates Chap. X.} 1779. on the conditions of peace, the compulsory inactivity of the British army at theuired to furnish for the service one Chap. X.} 1779. May. able-bodied man out of every twenty-fives ceasing to be dangerous when it is Chap. X.} 1779. permitted freely to contradict them. It wass background, contained all that was Chap. X.} 1779. July 7. best in a New England community,—a mor Moore's Diary, II. 190, note. The Chap. X.} 1779. July. British had already lost nearly a hundreh of August before day, they plunged Chap. X.} 1779. Aug. 19. into the canal, then deep from the riYet Sullivan made insatiable demands Chap. X.} 1779. on the government of Pennsylvania. While heure sent forth nineteen armed ships, Chap. X.} 1779. June. sloops, and brigs; two of them continene country above it. The condition of Chap. X.} 1779. the American army was indeed more deplorable t[5 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 11: (search)
apter 11: Progress of the war in Europe. 1779. Frederic of Prussia had raised the hope that he Chap. XI.} 1779. would follow France in recognising the independence of the United States; buthe successes of the Bourbons. Ver- Chap. XI.} 1779. gennes, on the other side, aware of his insinche empress under the plea, that the Chap. XI.} 1779. June 16. conduct of England had made his acceply dropping hints to the king, that Chap. XI.} 1779. the advantage to be gained by continuing the cn England to be rash, until a naval Chap. XI.} 1779. victory over the British should have won the de sixteenth of August they appeared Chap. XI.} 1779. Aug. 18. off Plymouth, but did not attack the t I ought to address myself; for if Chap. XI.} 1779. they determine to rise, our hand will not be rat the Irish association aimed only Chap. XI.} 1779. to extort the concession of free trade, and way-first of September made an honor- Chap. XI.} 1779. able capitulation. The Spaniards planned the [3 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 12: (search)
merce before the end of 1778. But her plan for 1779 did not equal the grandeur of her con- 1779. ce. To this Potemkin objected that Chap. XII.} 1779. both the Russian ministers who would be concer14 Aug., 1779. During the whole of the year 1779, the Nether- Chap. XII.} 1779. lands continuedconcede that the case provided for Chap. XII.} 1779. by treaty had arisen, and denied the right of t in the first watch of the night, Chap. XII.} 1779. the Serapis struck its flag. Jones raised histhe defence of neutral rights; and the Russian 1779. envoy at London, no less than the envoys of Swnever be interrupted by vessels of Chap. XII.} 1779. Great Britain. Malmesbury, i. 233. To the end of 1779 the spirit of moderation prevailed in the councils of the Netherlands. Even the provon the Netherlands tended to rouse Chap. XII.} 1779. and unite all parties and all provinces. Evere highest bidder. In the last part of the year 1779, the order was applied to the Concordia, a Russ[5 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 13: (search)
ly in January, 1779, Brigadier-General Prevost 1779. Jan. marched as a conqueror across lower GeorgHowe was superseded in the south- Chap. XIII.} 1779. ern command by Major-General Benjamin Lincoln.ary drove the invaders with great Chap. XIII.} 1779. Feb. 3. loss to their ships. The continentash lines. The republican govern- Chap. XIII.} 1779. ment which, since 1776, had maintained its jur had protected the neck by sudden Chap. XIII.} 1779. but well-planned works; on the ninth and tenthicy of our arming slaves is in my Chap. XIII.} 1779. opinion a moot point, unless the enemy set theive government sent a flag to ask Chap. XIII.} 1779. of the invaders their terms for a capitulationf success lay in the precise exe- Chap. XIII.} 1779. cution of the plan. The column under Count Dirench withdrew to their ships and Chap. XIII.} 1779. sailed for France; the patriots of Georgia whoere encouraged by the cordial ap- Chap. XIII.} 1779. probation of the king and his ministers. The [5 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 14: (search)
Chapter 14: The siege of Charleston. 1779-1780. South Carolina moved onward to independence Chap. XIV.} 1779. through the bitterest afflictions of civil war. Armies ere encouraged by the government in England to pillage and lay waste her plantations, and confiscate the property of the greatest part of her inhabitants1779. through the bitterest afflictions of civil war. Armies ere encouraged by the government in England to pillage and lay waste her plantations, and confiscate the property of the greatest part of her inhabitants. Families were divided; patriots outlawed and savagely assassinated; houses burned, and women and children driven shelterless into the forests; districts so desolated that they seemed the abode only of orphans and widows; and the retaliation provoked by the unrelenting rancor of loyalists threatened the extermination of her peopdevotion, having suffered more, and dared more, and achieved more than the men of any other state. Sir Henry Clinton, in whose mind his failure be- Chap. XIV.} 1779. fore Charleston in 1776 still rankled, resolved in person to carry out the order for its reduction. In August, an English fleet commanded by Arbuthnot, an old an
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 17: (search)
an edict of the eighth of August, 1779, Louis 1779. the Sixteenth announced his regret that many ohe provinces of the south already Chap. XVII.} 1779. very much weakened the confederation; that furhree thousand active, able-bodied Chap. XVII.} 1779. negro men under thirty-five years of age; and tion. The statute drafted by Jefferson, and in 1779 proposed by 1779. Mason to define who shall be1779. Mason to define who shall be citizens of Virginia, declared the natural right of expatriation in opposition to the English asserbecoming president of the executive council of 1779. Pennsylvania, Joseph Reed, speaking for himsela the rights of human nature. In Chap. XVII.} 1779. the autumn of 1779, George Bryan had been retuings of Massachusetts. In February, 1779, the 1779. legislature of the year asked their constituents forms. The inconsistencies of Chap. XVII.} 1779. bondage with the principle of American indepeneatest promise, from Newburyport; Chap. XVII.} 1779. and Strong of Northampton. John Adams had arr[4 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 18: (search)
the patriots. The council of that state, after bearing with him for more than half a year, very justly desired his removal from the command; and, having early in 1779 given information of his conduct, against their intention they became his accusers. The court-martial before which he was arraigned, on charges that touched his hforbearance. The French minister, to whom Arnold applied for money, put aside his request and added wise and friendly advice. In the course of the winter of 1778-1779, he was taken into the pay of Clinton, to whom he gave on every occasion most material intelligence. The plot received the warmest encouragement from Lord George Germain, who, towards the end of 1779. September, wrote to Clinton: Next to the destruction of Washington's army, the gaining over officers of influence and reputation among the troops would be the speediest means of subduing the rebellion and restoring the tranquillity of America. Your commission authorizes you to avail yours
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