Medals of the United States MintU.S. Government Printing Office, 1972 - 312 páginas |
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... Congress , which met in September . 1775 Was a member of the Second Continental Congress beginning in May ; served on the committee for drafting Army regulations and planning the de- fense of New York City . Was elected commander in ...
... Congress , which met in September . 1775 Was a member of the Second Continental Congress beginning in May ; served on the committee for drafting Army regulations and planning the de- fense of New York City . Was elected commander in ...
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... Congress. Though Washington did not favor political parties, they did come into existence during his administration. 1796 — On September 19, 1796, declining a third term, Washington delivered his "Farewell Address" to the Congress ...
... Congress. Though Washington did not favor political parties, they did come into existence during his administration. 1796 — On September 19, 1796, declining a third term, Washington delivered his "Farewell Address" to the Congress ...
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... Congress , which met in September . 1775 Was a member of the Second Continental Congress beginning in May ; served on the committee for drafting Army regulations and planning the de- fense of New York City . Was elected commander in ...
... Congress , which met in September . 1775 Was a member of the Second Continental Congress beginning in May ; served on the committee for drafting Army regulations and planning the de- fense of New York City . Was elected commander in ...
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... Congress . Though Washington did not favor political parties , they did come into existence during his administration . 1796 - On September 19 , 1796 , declining a third term , Washington delivered his " Farewell Address " to the Congress ...
... Congress . Though Washington did not favor political parties , they did come into existence during his administration . 1796 - On September 19 , 1796 , declining a third term , Washington delivered his " Farewell Address " to the Congress ...
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... Congress for a declaration of war , he did ask for , and was given , funds to establish a provincial army . Author- ity was given the President to arm merchant ships , as well as to establish a Department of the Navy . Included in the ...
... Congress for a declaration of war , he did ask for , and was given , funds to establish a provincial army . Author- ity was given the President to arm merchant ships , as well as to establish a Department of the Navy . Included in the ...
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Página 53 - Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Página 58 - We have endured a long night of the American spirit. But as our eyes catch the dimness of the first rays of dawn, let us not curse the remaining dark. Let us gather the light. Our destiny offers, not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness and, "riders on the earth together...
Página 24 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Página 11 - The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Página 182 - Bravery ; and it gives me great pleasure to say, that from the smallest boy in the ship, to the oldest seaman, not a look 'of fear was seen. They all went into action, giving three cheers, and requesting to be laid close alongside the enemy.
Página 169 - Upon occupying the city, it was discovered to be of great strength in itself, and to have its approaches carefully and strongly fortified. The town and works were armed with forty-two pieces of cannon, well supplied with ammunition, and manned with a force of at least seven thousand troops of the line, and from two to three thousand irregulars.
Página 193 - SIR, — The Almighty has been pleased to grant us a signal victory on Lake Champlain, in the capture of one frigate, one brig, and two sloops of war, of the enemy.
Página 53 - Let this session of Congress be known as the session which did more for civil rights than the last hundred sessions combined; as the session which enacted the most far-reaching tax cut of our time; as the session which declared all-out war on human poverty and unemployment in these United States; as the session which finally recognized the health needs of all...
Página 239 - Your approbation of my idea of a medal to perpetuate the memory of York and Saratoga victories, gives me great pleasure, and encourages me to have it struck. I wish you would acquaint me with what kind of a monument, at York the emblems required are to be fixed on ; whether an obelisk or a column ; its dimensions ; whether any part of it is to be marble, and the emblems carved on it, and whether the work is to be executed by the excellent artists in that...
Página 168 - ... 4th, and 5th regiments, deployed as skirmishers to the right and left. A heavy fire of artillery and of musketry was kept up for some time, until finally the enemy's batteries were carried in succession by a squadron of dragoons and the regiments of infantry* that were on the ground. He was soon driven...