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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 87 87 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 55 55 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 34 34 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 26 26 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 12 12 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 9 9 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.) 8 8 Browse Search
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Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906 3 3 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 3 3 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 46: (search)
not sealed up in rolls and Chap XLVI. parchments. It welled up in the forest, like the waters from the hill side. To acquire a peaceful title to their lands, the settlers despatched James Robertson Haywood's Hist. of Tennessee, 42. 1771. as their envoy to the Council of the Cherokees, from whom he obtained sincere promises of confidence and friendship, and a lease of the territory of the infant Colony. For government, its members came together as brothers in convention, and already in 1772, they founded a republic by a written association, Haywood's Hist. of Tennessee, 41; J. G. M. Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee, 107. appointed their own magistrates, James Robertson among the first; framed laws for their present occasions; and set to the people of America the dangerous example of erecting themselves into a separate State, distinct from and independent of the authority of the British King. The nearest contemporary authority is Dunmore to Dartmouth, 16 May, 1774. Fanning
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 47: (search)
e affections of South Carolina were still more 1772. Jan. thoroughly alienated. Its public men wer't deserve so much attention. I Chap. XLVII.} 1772. March agree with you, rejoined Hillsborough; rnment called into existence, it Chap. XLVII.} 1772. April. was beyond the power of the British Kifforts for emancipation. To the Chap. XLVII.} 1772. April. mind of Patrick Henry, the thought of assenting to such laws, as might Chap. XLVII.} 1772. May. check so very pernicious a commerce. Samuel Adams as Representative. Chap. XLVII.} 1772. May. The effort failed; he had more than twical preventive of any further at- Chap. XLVII.} 1772. June. tempt, wrote Hutchinson, who wished to Governor who like Hutchinson was Chap. XLVII.} 1772. July. not dependent on the people for support,rown, was selected as the crisis Chap. XLVII.} 1772. Aug. of revolution. Meantime Hillsborough waled; and the amiable Dartmouth, Chap. XLVII.} 1772. Aug. who became Secretary for the Colonies, ha[2 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 48: (search)
colonies into order, before we Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Aug. engage with our neighbors, were the wordsorce against their states. The Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Aug. parliament of Paris, even more than the ode of relief from Moabitish op- Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Oct. pression; prayers and tears with the helpprivate business and refused to Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Nov. serve; so did Scollay and Austin, two of n able to lend his presence and Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Nov. his name to the final movement for union.e in the Colonies without their Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Nov. consent; the appointment of officers unkne might be attended with, call- Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Dec. ing for troops to protect and secure the the twenty-eighth of December, Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Dec. towns were in session from the Banks of t between the mother country and Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Dec. the Colonies. Votes and Resolves of Peent out, were encouraged by the Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Dec. people's thorough understanding of their [11 more...]