Life of Governor Samuel WardC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1846 - 123 pages |
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Life of Governor Samuel Ward: His Role in Colonial New England, Its History ... William Gammell No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 307 - Resolved, That a general be appointed to command all the Continental forces raised, or to be raised, for the defence of American liberty.
Page 310 - Congress for building, at the continental expense, a fleet of sufficient force for the protection of these colonies, and for employing them in such manner and places as will most effectually annoy our enemies, and contribute to the common defence of these colonies...
Page 307 - This sentiment is everywhere expressed in the letters of Mr. Ward, written, at this period, to his friends in Rhode Island, and to his kinsman General Greene, and his son Captain Ward, at the camp before Boston. With these and some other officers in active service he maintained a frequent correspondence, that he might the better ascertain the views of the troops, and judge of the public measures needed for their discipline and efficiency. General Greene, on the 4th of June, writes to him his opinion,...
Page 307 - Permit me, then, to recommend from the sincerity of my heart, ready at all times to bleed in my country's cause, a declaration of independence ; and call upon the world, and the great God who governs it, to witness the necessity, propriety, and rectitude thereof.
Page 320 - I have long wished for, is at length arrived; the southern colonies no longer entertain jealousies of the northern : they no longer look back to Great Britain : they are convinced that they have been pursuing a phantom, and that their only safety is a vigorous, determined defence. One of the gentlemen, who has been most sanguine for pacific measures, and very jealous of the New England colonies, addressing me in the style of Brother Rebel, told me he was now ready to join us heartily. ' We have got,'...
Page 335 - ... we have undergone. However, as a summary of the whole, we have gone up one of the most rapid rivers in the world, where the water was so shoal that, moderately speaking, we have waded 100 miles. We were thirty days in a wilderness that none but savages ever attempted to pass. We marched 100 miles upon short three days' provisions, waded over three rapid rivers, marched through snow and ice barefoot, passed over the St.
Page 296 - That the deputies of this town be requested to use their influence, at the approaching session of the General Assembly, of this colony, for promoting a Congress, as soon as may be, of the Representatives of the General Assemblies of the several colonies and provinces of North America, for establishing the firmest union, and adopting such measures as to them shall appear the most effectual, to answer that important purpose : and to agree upon proper methods for executing the same.
Page 255 - A Brief Account of Emissions of Paper Money Made by the Colony of Rhode Island" in Historical Sketches of the Paper Currency of the American Colonies, ed.
Page 245 - The King would have you recommend it in the Strongest manner to your Council and Assembly to pass Effectual Laws for prohibiting all Trade and Commerce with the french and for preventing the Exportation of Provisions of all kinds to any of their Islands or Colonies I am Sr your most Obedient Humble Servant H.
Page 320 - ... have been hitherto too fluctuating; one day, measures for carrying on the war were adopted; the next, nothing must be done that would widen the unhappy breach between Great Britain and the colonies. As these different ideas have prevailed, our conduct has been directed accordingly. . . Thank God, the happy day, which I have long wished for, is at length arrived; the southern colonies no longer entertain jealousies of the northern: they no longer look back to Great Britain: they are convinced...