Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical SocietyThe Society, 1899 |
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Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society Maine Historical Society Affichage du livre entier - 1891 |
Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society Maine Historical Society Affichage du livre entier - 1890 |
Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society Maine Historical Society Affichage du livre entier - 1890 |
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Page 347 - This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Page 2 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Page 347 - Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Page 347 - We, reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, conduct, and fidelity, do, by these presents, constitute and appoint you to be general and commander-in-chief of the army of the United Colonies...
Page 174 - They rose as one man to revenge their Brethren's blood, and at the point of the Sword to assert and defend their native Rights. They nobly dared to be Free ! ! ! The contest was long, bloody, and affecting. Righteous Heaven approved the Solemn Appeal ; Victory crowned their Arms, and the Peace, Liberty, and Independence of the United States of America was their glorious Reward. Built in the year 1799.
Page 68 - Some were old men, some boys, and some invalids; if they belonged to the Train Band or Alarm List, they were soldiers, whether they could carry a gun, walk a mile without crutches, or only compos mentis sufficient to keep themselves out of fire and water.
Page 347 - You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of (Brigadier General) by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as...
Page 360 - General finds it necessary, without waiting any longer for dispatches from the Genl. Continental Congress, immediately to form the Army into Three Grand Divisions, and to divide each of those Grand Divisions into two Brigades. He therefore orders the following Regiments, viz : Gen.
Page 258 - The people have not heard the evidence as we have heard it. The responsibility is not on them, but upon us. They have not taken an oath to " do impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws.