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Abigail American Revolution Andrew Anna appointed April army August battalion battle Boston British brother Bunker Hill Captain Charles CHARLES ANDERSON DANA CHAUNCEY MITCHELL DEPEW Colonel commanded commissioned Committee of Safety Conn Connecticut Line Connecticut militia Continental army Continental Congress December died Ebenezer Edward Eliza Elizabeth England enlisted Ensign February George grandson of James grandson of John grandson of Samuel grandson of William great-grand great-grandson of Benjamin great-grandson of Daniel great-grandson of James great-grandson of John great-grandson of Joseph great-grandson of Robert great-grandson of Samuel great-grandson of Thomas great-grandson of William great³ Hannah Jacob January July June Lexington alarm Lieutenant lived March Margaret Martha Mary Mass Massachusetts Morris Nathan Cutler Nathaniel November October officers patriot Penn Philadelphia private in Capt re-enlisted Rebecca regiment Rhode Island Sarah September Sergeant served settled Society troops Tryon county U. S. A. Born Virginia Warren Washington Webb wife Wyeth York City
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Page 31 - Realm, by advice of our venerable Fathers, STEPHEN, Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and cardinal of the Holy Roman Church...
Page 31 - John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou...
Page 33 - Common pleas shall not follow our court but shall be held in a certain fixed place.
Page 35 - No free-man shall be seized, or imprisoned, or dispossessed, or outlawed, or in any way destroyed; nor will we condemn him, nor will we commit him to prison, excepting by the legal judgment of his peers, or by the laws of the land. ^/~ 40. To none will we sell, to none will we deny, to none will we delay right or justice.
Page 44 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise, the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 36 - It shall be lawful, for the time to come, for any one to go out of our kingdom, and return safely and securely, by land or by water...
Page 31 - Nullus liber homo capiatur, vel imprisonetur, aut dissaisiatur, aut utlagetur, aut exuletur, aut aliquo modo destruatur, nee super eum ibimus, nee super eum mittemus, nisi per legale judicium parium suorum, vel per legem terrae.
Page 37 - Welshman hath been disseised or dispossessed without the legal verdict of his peers, by King Henry our father, or King Richard our brother, which we have in our hand, or others hold with our...
Page 26 - State, and perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the board and the laws of the State.
Page 38 - Barons, in accomplishing all the things aforesaid, and that with them he will harass us to the utmost of his power; and we publicly and freely give leave to every one to swear who is willing to swear; and we will never forbid any to swear.