Genealogy of the Descendants of Nathaniel Clarke of Newbury, Mass: Ten Generations, 1642-1885

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Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1885 - Genealogy - 216 pages
 

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Page 25 - God, hoping through the merits, death and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ, to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting life and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my...
Page 25 - Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins and to inherit everlasting life, and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named and as touching the disposition of such temporall Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me...
Page 123 - His words shall live though he be gone, When Preachers die what rules the Pulpit gave Of Living are still preached from the grave, The Faith and life which your dead Pastor taught, Now in one grave with him Sirs bury not.
Page 25 - God, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following. That is to say First and Principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God...
Page 102 - The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of Bridgeport, and by his versatility soon attracted the attention of his instructors.
Page 75 - Lincoln for a second time to the presidency, and was one of the national committee of seven (including ex-Governor Claflin of Massachusetts, ex-Governor Marcus L. Ward of New Jersey, and Hon. Henry T. Raymond of the New York Times), who managed that campaign. He was connected with the College of Agriculture, was...
Page 101 - Hill, and Glendale. In the last-named battle he was taken prisoner, but was soon exchanged and returned to duty. He participated in the battle of Bull Run, and on Nov. 29, 1862, was promoted to the rank of major-general of volunteers, succeeding General Hooker in command of the 1st Corps of the Army of the Potomac. On the first day of the battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863), he was in command of the left wing of the National army, and was shot dead. A monument in his honor was erected at Gettysburg...
Page 27 - Instrument to be his last Will and Testament, and that at the same time he was of sound mind and memory to the best of his understanding.
Page 75 - Clarke's Manchester Almanac and Directory," " Clarke's History of Manchester," " Successful New Hampshire Men," and several smaller .works. Mr. Clarke has always refused to be a candidate for office, because he believed that office-holding would interfere with his influence as a public journalist, but was a delegate to the Baltimore Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for...
Page 17 - Parker that he was an apostate and backslider from the truth, that he would set up a prelacy, and have more power than the pope, for the pope had his council of cardinals...

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