Life of Alexander Hamilton: A History of the Republic of the United States of America, as Traced in His Writings and in Those of His Contemporaries, 第 1 巻Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879 |
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... affairs of New York were at a stand , the assembly was asked to vote a supply to the troops . The conflict of opinion was high . Some in despite of the sus- pending act advocated an absolute refusal - others were for a middle course ...
... affairs of New York were at a stand , the assembly was asked to vote a supply to the troops . The conflict of opinion was high . Some in despite of the sus- pending act advocated an absolute refusal - others were for a middle course ...
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... affairs had been established , " to adopt such government as shall , in the opinion of the representatives of the people , best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular , and AMERICA IN GEN- ERAL . " Thus ...
... affairs had been established , " to adopt such government as shall , in the opinion of the representatives of the people , best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular , and AMERICA IN GEN- ERAL . " Thus ...
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... affair at Mount Washington , where both the plan of defence and execution were con- temptible . If a real defence of the lines was intended , the number was too few ; if the fort only , the garrison was too numerous by half . General ...
... affair at Mount Washington , where both the plan of defence and execution were con- temptible . If a real defence of the lines was intended , the number was too few ; if the fort only , the garrison was too numerous by half . General ...
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... affair of Fort Washington , it was my opinion , that the two armies , that on the east and that on the west side of North River , must rest each on its own bottom ; that the idea of detaching and reinforcing from one side to the other ...
... affair of Fort Washington , it was my opinion , that the two armies , that on the east and that on the west side of North River , must rest each on its own bottom ; that the idea of detaching and reinforcing from one side to the other ...
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... affairs of our safety , and of counter- acting the enemy in their future operations . We have a hint of this in a late letter from General Lee . " On the same day Lee advised Weare of the probability of the enemy paying a visit " very ...
... affairs of our safety , and of counter- acting the enemy in their future operations . We have a hint of this in a late letter from General Lee . " On the same day Lee advised Weare of the probability of the enemy paying a visit " very ...
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affairs Albany American appointed arms army arrived artillery assembly attack body Boston brigade British Burgoyne campaign cause Clinton Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief committee confidence Congress Connecticut consequences continental troops Conway corps council declared defence Delaware detachment duty effect endeavor enemy enemy's England exertions expedition favor Fayette fleet force Fort Edward Fort Mifflin Fort Montgomery France French Gates give Gouverneur Morris governor gress Hamilton wrote honor hope Hudson hundred immediately importance ington Jersey John Adams La Fayette letter liberty Massachusetts McDougall measure ment military militia necessary northern object officers opinion party passed Peekskill person Philadelphia present proposed Putnam rear received regiments reinforcements retreat Rhode Island Richard Henry Lee river Schuyler Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon South Carolina spirit success Sullivan supplies thing thousand Ticonderoga tion Virginia Washington wish York
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436 ページ - For some days past, there has been little less than a famine in camp. A part of the army has been a week without any kind of flesh, and the rest three or four days. Naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings to a general mutiny and dispersion.
116 ページ - Britain; and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the colonies for the preservation of internal peace, virtue and good order, as well as for the defence of their lives, liberties and properties, against the hostile invasions and cruel depredations of their enemies...
117 ページ - Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, and Robert R. Livingston of New York.
61 ページ - ... in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
60 ページ - You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independency. Be assured that these are not facts, but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall ever esteem a union with you to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness...
60 ページ - ... tell you, that we will never submit to be hewers of wood or drawers of water for any ministry or nation in the world. Place us in the same situation that we were at the close of the last war, and our former harmony will be restored.
61 ページ - But from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent, to the operation of such acts of the British parliament, as are bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members; excluding every idea of taxation internal or external, for raising a revenue, on the sublects in America,...
371 ページ - Upon so interesting a subject," observes he, " I must speak plainly. The duty I owe my country, the ardent desire I have to promote its true interests, and justice to individuals, require this of me. General Conway's merit as an officer, and his importance in this army, exist more in his own imagination than in reality. For it is a maxim with him to leave no service of his own untold, nor to want any thing which is to be obtained by importunity.
127 ページ - ... for the enemy ? They would derive great conveniences from it, on the one hand, and much property would be destroyed on the other. It is an important question, but will admit of but little time for deliberation. At present, I dare say the enemy mean to preserve it if they can. If Congress, therefore, should resolve upon the destruction of it, the resolution should be a profound secret, as the knowledge will make a capital change in their plans.
282 ページ - ... to remove and secure, for the benefit of the owners, all goods and effects, which...