A History of the Irish Settlers in North America: From the Earliest Period to the Census of 1850P. Donahoe, 1852 - 240 страница |
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... afterwards , to the utter ruin of the Irish emigrants , and in breach of the provincial faith , these Indian lands were surveyed , by order of the proprietors , for their own use , and laid out in large baronies . " Many of the unfor ...
... afterwards , to the utter ruin of the Irish emigrants , and in breach of the provincial faith , these Indian lands were surveyed , by order of the proprietors , for their own use , and laid out in large baronies . " Many of the unfor ...
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... afterwards famous as " Marion's Men , " among whom the names of Colonels Horry and McDon- ald , of Captains Conyers and McCauley , are so conspic- uous . The peace of 1763 had scarcely been promulgated , when the question of taxing the ...
... afterwards famous as " Marion's Men , " among whom the names of Colonels Horry and McDon- ald , of Captains Conyers and McCauley , are so conspic- uous . The peace of 1763 had scarcely been promulgated , when the question of taxing the ...
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... afterwards Secretary to Congress , was also one of the earliest and most fearless advocates of the principles on which the Revolution proceeded , that the country could reckon ; and , happily , there was no scarcity of such men , of any ...
... afterwards Secretary to Congress , was also one of the earliest and most fearless advocates of the principles on which the Revolution proceeded , that the country could reckon ; and , happily , there was no scarcity of such men , of any ...
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... afterwards , at the desire of the American agents in Paris , did so . The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766 , but the Tea Tax was enacted in 1767. This measure led to the gen- eral combination , which had its corresponding committee in ...
... afterwards , at the desire of the American agents in Paris , did so . The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766 , but the Tea Tax was enacted in 1767. This measure led to the gen- eral combination , which had its corresponding committee in ...
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... afterwards did effectual service at Bunker Hill . For this act , Sullivan and Langdon were elected to the Continental Congress , which met in May , 1775 , and the former was , the same year , appointed by that body one of the eight ...
... afterwards did effectual service at Bunker Hill . For this act , Sullivan and Langdon were elected to the Continental Congress , which met in May , 1775 , and the former was , the same year , appointed by that body one of the eight ...
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Страница 79 - ... may the members of your society in America, animated alone by the pure spirit of Christianity, and still conducting themselves as the faithful subjects of our free Government, enjoy every temporal and spiritual felicity.
Страница 79 - I presume that your fellow-citizens will not forget the patriotic part which you took in the accomplishment of their Revolution, and the establishment of your Government : or the important assistance which they received from a nation in which the Roman Catholic faith is professed.
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Страница 79 - As mankind become more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community, are equally entitled to the protection of civil government.
Страница 76 - Nor can we suppress our astonishment that a British Parliament should ever consent to establish in that country a religion that has deluged your island in blood, and dispersed impiety, bigotry, persecution, murder, and rebellion through every part of the world.
Страница 79 - ... apology for the unavoidable delay. As that delay has given you an opportunity of realizing, instead of anticipating, the benefits of the general Government; you will do me the justice to believe, that your testimony of the increase of the public prosperity, enhances the pleasure which I should otherwise have experienced from your affectionate address. I feel that my conduct, in war and in peace, has met with more general approbation than could reasonably have been expected: and I find myself...
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Страница 65 - Parliament. I found them disposed to be friends of America, in which I endeavoured to confirm them, with the expectation that our growing weight might in time be thrown into their scale, and, by joining our interests with theirs, a more equitable treatment from this nation might be obtained for them as well as for us.