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The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 6. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 76 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 8 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 9, 1862., [Electronic resource] 8 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 5 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 4 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1865., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Quakers. (search)
hew, chief-justice of Pennsylvania, for safe custody. While the British army was in Philadelphia in 1778, Joseph Galloway, an active Tory, and others employed John Roberts and Abraham Carlisle, members of the Society of Friends, as secret agents in detecting foes to the British government. Carlisle was a sort of inquisitorgenerag at the entrances to the city, pointing out and causing the arrest of Whigs, who were first cast into prison and then granted permission to pass the lines. Both Roberts and Carlisle acted as guides to British expeditions when they went out of Philadelphia to fall upon and massacre their countrymen. These facts being laid before son and then granted permission to pass the lines. Both Roberts and Carlisle acted as guides to British expeditions when they went out of Philadelphia to fall upon and massacre their countrymen. These facts being laid before Congress, that body caused the arrest of Roberts and Carlisle. They were tried, found guilty, and hanged.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
ov. 20, 1777 American army go into winter quarters at Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill......Dec. 19, 1777 Battle of the kegs ......Jan. 5, 1778 Affair at Barren Hill......May 20, 1778 British evacuate Philadelphia and retire across the Delaware through New Jersey towards New York......June 18, 1778 Washington crosses the Delaware pursuing the British, leaving Gen. Benedict Arnold in command at Philadelphia......June, 1778 Massacre in the Wyoming Valley......July 2-4, 1778 John Roberts and Abram Carlisle, wealthy citizens of Philadelphia, executed as Tories......Nov. 22, 1778 [Twenty-three others tried, but acquitted.] By act of Assembly the proprietary claims of the Penn family to ungranted lands or quit-rents were vested in the State, leaving the late proprietaries all private property, including manors, etc. The Assembly also granted to the Penns, in remembrance of the founder of Pennsylvania, the sum of £ 130,000=$524,000, payable in instalments, to commence