The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Band 2H. Perkins, 1835 |
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... committee of safety , and of that of foreign correspondence , where he exerted all his influence in favor of the Declaration of Independence , of which instrument he is one of the signers . Supplies from abroad becoming necessary to the ...
... committee of safety , and of that of foreign correspondence , where he exerted all his influence in favor of the Declaration of Independence , of which instrument he is one of the signers . Supplies from abroad becoming necessary to the ...
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... committee which exposed Mesmer's animal magnetism . During this period , Dr. FRANKLIN negotiated two treaties ; one with Prussia , and one with Sweden . On his return to Philadelphia , after having served his country fifty- three years ...
... committee which exposed Mesmer's animal magnetism . During this period , Dr. FRANKLIN negotiated two treaties ; one with Prussia , and one with Sweden . On his return to Philadelphia , after having served his country fifty- three years ...
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... committee , who immediately presented a reply from the pen of Mr. JEFFERSON . This document , which is to be found in the histories of that period , has ever been considered as a state paper of the highest order ; and it announced , in ...
... committee , who immediately presented a reply from the pen of Mr. JEFFERSON . This document , which is to be found in the histories of that period , has ever been considered as a state paper of the highest order ; and it announced , in ...
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... committee appointed to form a plan for a temporary government in the vast territory yet unsettled , west of the mountains . Never forgetting his purpose , to provide for the ultimate emancipation of the negroes , he introduced a clause ...
... committee appointed to form a plan for a temporary government in the vast territory yet unsettled , west of the mountains . Never forgetting his purpose , to provide for the ultimate emancipation of the negroes , he introduced a clause ...
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... committees of that respectable body , but upon more than one occa- sion of great and general interest , appointed to the chairmanship over associates of high reputation . In the impositions attempted by the British government , in ...
... committees of that respectable body , but upon more than one occa- sion of great and general interest , appointed to the chairmanship over associates of high reputation . In the impositions attempted by the British government , in ...
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admiration afterwards American appointed army attention battle BAYARD became Boon Boston British British army BROOKS CALHOUN Captain Carolina character Colonel Colonel HOWARD Colonel HUMPHREYS colonies command commenced committee conduct confidence congress Connecticut constitution continued court DANIEL BOON daughter devoted distinguished Dutchess county duty early elected eloquence eminent enemy engaged father favor feelings FRANCIS BARBER FRANKLIN friends frigate gave governor HAMILTON honor HOSACK hundred institution interest James Edward Smith JEFFERSON JOHN EAGER HOWARD justice labor legislature letters literary March Maryland Massachusetts ment military militia mind nation native never object occasion opinion party patriotism period Philadelphia political practice president profession received regiment rendered reputation resolution respect retired returned SCHUYLER senate society soon South Carolina spirit talents Ticonderoga tion took treaty troops United views Virginia Washington WEBSTER Yale college yellow fever York
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Seite 8 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Seite 6 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 8 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Seite 6 - We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver!
Seite 13 - It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.
Seite 9 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and...
Seite 3 - And that an exact inventory be taken of all such cannon and stores in order that they may be safely returned when the restoration of the former harmony between great Britain and these colonies so ardently wished for by the latter shall render it prudent and consistent with the overruling law of self preservation.
Seite 12 - ... short of despotism, since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers ; that the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy...
Seite 10 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties...