A Monograph on the Rev. Israel Evans, A.M.: Chaplain in the American Army During the Entire Revolutionary War, 1775-1783, the Second Settled Minister of Concord, New Hampshire 1789-1797 |
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Page 8 - The first general order issued by the Father of his Country, after the Declaration of Independence, indicates the spirit in which our institutions were founded and should ever be defended : "The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.
Page 18 - STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Page 28 - Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, WASHINGTON, DC, May to, 1902. SIR : In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Israel Evans, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his widow's application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Page 18 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 7 - The honorable Continental Congress having been pleased to allow a chaplain to each regiment, with the pay of thirty-three dollars and one third per month, the colonels or commanding officers of each regiment are directed to procure chaplains accordingly, persons of good characters and exemplary lives, and to see that all inferior officers and soldiers pay them a suitable respect The blessing and protection of Heaven are...
Page 30 - Mr. Evans was made AM by Dartmouth college in 1792, and served as trustee from 1793 until his death in 1807. Many anecdotes are related of Chaplain Evans, which, says his niece, Mrs. Packard, are undoubtedly true. It is said that in one of his petitions, offered just before the army engaged in conflict, he prayed as follows : O Lord of Hosts, lead forth thy servants of the American army to battle, and give them the victory ; or if this be not according to Thy sovereign will then we pray Thee —...
Page 7 - The blessing and protection of Heaven are at all times necessary, but especially so in times of public distress and danger. The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor so to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier, defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.
Page 6 - ... captured at Savannah, and for his patriotic exhortations was confined in a loathsome prison ship, from which he escaped, but was drowned before reaching shore. William Bradford, of Philadelphia, became colonel in the army, studied law with Chief Justice Edward Shippen, became Attorney-General and Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and Attorney- General of the United States under Washington. Aaron Burr, lieutenant-colonel in the army, member of New York legislature, president of Constitutional...
Page 18 - Journal of the New Hampshire House of Representatives," December 28, 1780, as in the following: Voted that Mr. Foster, Mr. Weeks and Col. Hale, with such as the Honorable Board shall join, be a Committee to consider of a letter from General Sullivan respecting some allowance to be made Mr. Evans, Chaplain of the New Hampshire Brigade, and other matters contained in the said letter, and report thereon.
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| Title | A Monograph on the Rev. Israel Evans, A.M.: Chaplain in the American Army During the Entire Revolutionary War, 1775-1783, the Second Settled Minister of Concord, New Hampshire 1789-1797 The magazine of history with notes and queries |
| Author | John Calvin Thorne |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | W. Abbatt, 1907 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | Mar 18, 2008 |
| Length | 32 pages |
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