Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 5John Sanderson W. Brown and C. Peters, 1828 |
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... gentleman of this name is found settled in the county of Surrey , in the province of Virginia . A tradition has long prevailed in the family , and appears from many circumstances to be correctly founded , that this gentleman was nearly ...
... gentleman of this name is found settled in the county of Surrey , in the province of Virginia . A tradition has long prevailed in the family , and appears from many circumstances to be correctly founded , that this gentleman was nearly ...
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... gentlemen of the committee the author- ship of these papers should be severally assigned , we are at this time of day unable to ascertain ; it does not , however , scem probable , from the character of Mr. Harrison , that either was the ...
... gentlemen of the committee the author- ship of these papers should be severally assigned , we are at this time of day unable to ascertain ; it does not , however , scem probable , from the character of Mr. Harrison , that either was the ...
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... gentlemen appointed to carry them into effect . The constitution of this committee affords a noble instance of the disinterested patriotism which pervaded : the whole assembly ; on it were placed most of the leading gentlemen who had ...
... gentlemen appointed to carry them into effect . The constitution of this committee affords a noble instance of the disinterested patriotism which pervaded : the whole assembly ; on it were placed most of the leading gentlemen who had ...
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... gentlemen who were arrested just before congress left Phila- delphia , and it is within our own recollection , that an excel- lent and respectable man , who was one of their number , used to speak of him as having saved them from ...
... gentlemen who were arrested just before congress left Phila- delphia , and it is within our own recollection , that an excel- lent and respectable man , who was one of their number , used to speak of him as having saved them from ...
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... gentlemen were assembled in a convivial meeting . They invited him to join them , to which he readily agreed ; and ... gentleman and some of his family , when a servant maid came in to in- quire what clothes she should put up for a ...
... gentlemen were assembled in a convivial meeting . They invited him to join them , to which he readily agreed ; and ... gentleman and some of his family , when a servant maid came in to in- quire what clothes she should put up for a ...
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Страница 300 - they are entitled to life, liberty, and property; and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent. 2. That our ancestors who first settled these colonies, were at the time of their emigration from the mother country, entitled to all the rights, liberties,
Страница 108 - it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it. Third. As a non-consumption agreement, strictly adhered to, will be an effectual security for the observation of the non-importation, we as above, solemnly agree and associate, that from this day, we
Страница 300 - asserting and vindicating their rights and liberties, declare, That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights:
Страница 107 - we do, for ourselves, and the inhabitants of the several colonies whom we represent, firmly agree and associate under the sacred ties of virtue, honour, and love of our country, as follows: First. That from and after the first day of December next, we will not import into British America, from Great
Страница 111 - to the end, that all such foes to the rights of British America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break off all dealings with him or her. Twelfth. That the committee of correspondence in the respective colonies do frequently inspect the entries of the custom
Страница 108 - in Great Britain, Ireland, or the West Indies, induces us to suspend a non-exportation, until the tenth day of September, 1775; at which time, if the said acts and parts of acts of the British parliament herein after mentioned, are not repealed, we will not, directly or indirectly, export any merchandise or commodity whatsoever to
Страница 108 - not purchase or use any tea imported on account of the East India company, or any on which a duty hath been or shall be paid ; and from and after the first day of March next, we will not purchase or use any East India tea whatever
Страница 110 - mourning dress than a black crape, or ribbon on the arm or hat for gentlemen, and a black ribbon and necklace for ladies, and we will discontinue the giving of gloves and scarfs at funerals. Ninth. Such as are venders of goods and
Страница 292 - In the course of our inquiry, we find many infringements and violations of the foregoing rights, which from an ardent desire that harmony and mutual intercourse of affection and interest may be restored, we pass over for the present, and proceed to state such acts and measures as have been adopted since the last war,