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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 6.34 (search)
s of those who went forth to battle at the bidding of Virginia — who now lie sleeping on the bosom of this Mother, that, not unmindful of their valor, not ungrateful for this filial devotion, shall keep forever bright the splendor of their deeds, till earth, and seas, and skies are rended. No Painted Porch is hers, like that of Athens, where, for half a thousand years, the descendants of the men who had followed Miltiades to victory might trace the glories of their Marathon — no gleaming Chapelle des Invalides, with the light flaming through gorgeous windows on tattered flags of battle — no grand historic Abbey, like that of England, where hard by the last resting place of her princes and her kings sleep the great soldiers who have writ glorious names high upon their country's roll with the point of their stainless swords. Nay, none of this is hers. Only the frosty stars to-night keep solemn watch and ward above the wind-swept graves of those who, from Potomac to James, from R<
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
alliance of Austria with Russia hastened negotiations for the pacification of Europe; and a congress convened at Aix la Chapelle to restore tranquillity to the civilized world. As between England and Spain, and between France and England, after eig of strife, of repose, and of strife renewed, England and France solemnly agreed to be at peace. The treaties of Aix la Chapelle had been negotiated, by the ablest statesmen of Europe, in the splendid forms of monarchical diplomacy. They believed ts,—confirming the peace of Europe by the nice adjustment of material forces. At the very time of the congress of Aix la Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of the Potomac, bents of science but his compass and chain, contrasted strangely with the imperial magnificence of the congress of Aix la Chapelle. And yet God had selected, not Kaunitz, nor Newcastle, not a monarch of the house of Hapsburg, nor of Hanover, but the
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Index to the history of colonization. (search)
Index to the history of colonization. A. Abenakis of Maine solicit missions, III. 135. War with, 211. Language, 238. Aborigines, their conversation with Eliot, II. 95. Their language, III. 236. Manners, 265. Political institutions, 274. Religion, 284. Natural endowments, 299. Origin, 306. Acadia settled, I. 27. Fortunes of, 445; II. 70; II. 186, 234. Accomacs, III. 239. Aguesseau, III. 357. Aix la Chapelle, congress of, III. 466. Alabama entered by Soto, I. 48. By the French, II. 200, 348, 352, 365. Albany founded, II. 273. Alexander's, Sir William, patent, I. 332. Algonquins war with the Dutch, II. 288. Visited by Jesuits, III. 128. Language, 237. Allouez, Father, III. 149. Amidas, his voyage, I. 92. Anabaptism in Massachusetts, I. 449. Anabaptists popular reformers, II. 460. Andros, Edmund, II. 405. Lands at Boston, 427. In Virginia, III. 25. Anglo-American. See Colonies. Annapolis, Maryland, III. 31. Anne, Qu
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 2: (search)
n and Shirley, as they forwarded the paper to the Board of trade, agree with the memo- chap. II.} 1748. Aug. rialists. Clinton and Shirley to the Board of Trade, 18 August, 1748, in the collection of documents obtained for the State of New York, by its agent, John Romeyn Brodhead. London Documents, XXVIII. 58. The attitude of the French justified cautious watchfulness on the part of every officer of British America. The haste or the negligence of their plenipotentiaries at Aix la Chapelle had left their boundary in America along its whole line, determined only by the vague agreement, that it should be as it had been before the war; and for a quarter of a century before the war, it had never ceased to be a subject of altercation. In this wavering condition of an accepted treaty of peace and an undetermined limit of jurisdiction, each party hurried to occupy in advance as much territory as possible, without too openly compromising their respective governments. Acadia, accord
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
pedition left Halifax to take possession of Chiegnecto. It succeeded, but not without loss of life. Indians and Acadian refugees, aided, perhaps, by French in disguise, altogether very few in number, had intrenched themselves strongly behind the dikes, and opposed their landing. Nor were they dislodged without an intrepid assault, in which the English had chap. III.} 1750. six killed and twelve wounded. Cornwallis to Lords of Trade. Thus was blood fist shed after the peace of Aix la Chapelle. Fort Lawrence was now built on the south of the Messagouche, but the French had already fortified their position on the opposite bank at Fort Beau Sejour as well as at Bay Verte. Having posts also at the mouth of the St. John's River and the alliance of the neighboring Indians, they held the continent from Bay Verte to the borders of the Penobscot. Such was the state of occupancy, when, in September, at Paris, Shirley, who had been placed at the head of the British Commission, present
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 12: (search)
ended that any further motion of that kind on their part would not at present be agreeable. Meantime, one Jan de Neufville, an Amsterdam merchant, who wished his house recommended to good American merchants, and who had promised more about an American loan than he could make good, had come in some way to know William Lee, Chap. XII.} 1778. an alderman of London as well as an American commissioner to Vienna and Berlin, and with the leave of the burgomasters of Amsterdam met him at Aixla-Chapelle, and concerted terms for a commercial convention, proper in due time to be entered into between the two republics. When Lee communicated to the commissioners at Paris this project of a convention, they reminded him that the authority for treating with their High Mightinesses belonged exclusively to themselves, and they looked upon his act as a nullity. The American congress likewise took no notice of his intermeddling, and in the following June dismissed him from its service. Amsterdam d
The Daily Dispatch: April 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Evening Session. (search)
Among the dead men. --An inspection of the bones of Charlemagne took place at Aix-la- Chapelle the other day. The remains were found in excellent preservation. Careful photographs were taken of the wrapper in which the remains of Charlemagne had rested for so many centuries; they were of a beautiful silken tissue. The larger wrappers rich in color and design, was recognized as one of those draps de lit, which were frequently mentioned by the Provencal troubadours, as well as by the contemporary German Minnesingers, as Palia transmarina. P. Saracenica. It is, no doubt, a product of industry of the Sicilian Saracens from the twelfth century.--The second small wrapper, of a beautifully preserved purple color, has been traced to Byzantine industry; the Greek inscriptions woven into the silk texture make it probable that the stuff was manufactured in the imperial gymnaceum at Byzantium, in the tenth century.
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 12 (search)
Sailed for Europe. --The Fulton, which sailed from New York on Saturday, took out a flock of diplomatists; Gov. Dayton, Minister to France; Mr. Pennington, secretary, Mr. Burlingame, Minister to Austria; Mr. Marsh, Minister to Turin; Mr. Pike, Minister to the Hague; Mr. Wilson, secretary of legation; Mr. Putnam, Consul at Havre; Mr. Vezey, Consul at Aix la Chapelle; Mr. Campbell Consul at Rotterdam; Capt. Britton, Consul at Southampton.