An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major General Israel PutnamSamuel Avery, No. 89 Court Street, 1818 - 276 σελίδες |
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... piece laid the Frenchman dead at his feet . The partizans , to elude pursuit , pre- cipitated their flight , joined the party , and re- turned without loss to the encampment . Not many occasions occurred for partizans to dis- play their ...
... piece laid the Frenchman dead at his feet . The partizans , to elude pursuit , pre- cipitated their flight , joined the party , and re- turned without loss to the encampment . Not many occasions occurred for partizans to dis- play their ...
Σελίδα 30
... pieces and " two blunderbusses , and to proceed down " Lake George to a certain point : there to " leave the batteaux under a proper guard , " and thence to cross by land , so as to harrass , " and , if practicable , intercept the ...
... pieces and " two blunderbusses , and to proceed down " Lake George to a certain point : there to " leave the batteaux under a proper guard , " and thence to cross by land , so as to harrass , " and , if practicable , intercept the ...
Σελίδα 31
... pieces being reloaded , without an- noyance , continued alternately with the mus- quetry to make dreadful havoc , until the rout was completed and the enemy driven back to Ticonderoga . In this action , one of the bark canoes contained ...
... pieces being reloaded , without an- noyance , continued alternately with the mus- quetry to make dreadful havoc , until the rout was completed and the enemy driven back to Ticonderoga . In this action , one of the bark canoes contained ...
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... piece , which was levelled at the Frenchman's breast . It missed fire . Upon this he thought it most prudent to retreat ... pieces of cannon . The active services of Captain Putnam on every occasion attracted the admiration of the public ...
... piece , which was levelled at the Frenchman's breast . It missed fire . Upon this he thought it most prudent to retreat ... pieces of cannon . The active services of Captain Putnam on every occasion attracted the admiration of the public ...
Σελίδα 44
... piece . They fired . Nothing could exceed the inex- tricable confusion and apparent consternation occasioned by this well - concerted attack . But , at last , the enemy finding , from the unfrequen- cy ( though there was no absolute ...
... piece . They fired . Nothing could exceed the inex- tricable confusion and apparent consternation occasioned by this well - concerted attack . But , at last , the enemy finding , from the unfrequen- cy ( though there was no absolute ...
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Σελίδα 170 - Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the ninth day of September, AD 1818, and in the forty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Samuel Swett of the said district has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : Historical and topographical Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle, with a Plan.
Σελίδα 107 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Σελίδα 108 - The motley crew, in vessels new, With Satan for their guide, sir, Pack'd up in bags, or wooden kegs, Come driving down the tide, sir. " Therefore prepare for bloody war, — These kegs must all be routed, Or surely we despised shall be, And British courage doubted.
Σελίδα 22 - The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet toward its termination.
Σελίδα 98 - We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before. " With an humble confidence in the mercies of the supreme and impartial Judge and Ruler of the universe, we most devoutly implore his divine goodness to conduct us happily through this great conflict, to dispose our adversaries to reconciliation on reasonable terms, and thereby to relieve the empire from the calamities of civil war.
Σελίδα 170 - CLERK'S OFFIcE. BE it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, AD 1830, in the fiftyfifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Gray & Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof...
Σελίδα 47 - In the winter of 1757, when Col. Haviland was commandant at Fort Edward, the barracks adjoining to the northwest bastion took fire. They extended within twelve feet of the magazine, which contained three hundred barrels of powder. On its first discovery, the fire raged with great violence. The...
Σελίδα 98 - In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birthright, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered we have taken up arms.
Σελίδα 61 - This change of ground occasioned the tree to which Putnam was tied to be directly between the fire of the two parties. Human imagination can hardly figure to itself a more deplorable situation. The balls flew incessantly from either side, many struck the tree, while some passed through the sleeves and skirts of his coat.
Σελίδα 108 - For God's sake, what's the matter? At his bed-side he then espy'd, Sir Erskine at command, sir, Upon one foot, he had one boot, And th' other in his hand, sir. " Arise, arise, sir Erskine cries, The rebels — more's the pity, Without a boat are all afloat, And rang'd before the city.