The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America, Bind 2;Bind 22Henry B. Dawson, 1873 |
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... bastion of Fort Erie , commanding the approach , from below . The elevation of the bastion , and the narrow , cramped passage by which it communicated with the fort , rendered this a work of some difficulty . A succession of inclined ...
... bastion of Fort Erie , commanding the approach , from below . The elevation of the bastion , and the narrow , cramped passage by which it communicated with the fort , rendered this a work of some difficulty . A succession of inclined ...
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... night were darkness and silence no longer . At a given instant , as if by a concerted signal , the fires broke forth ; and were immediately in bastion itself was still in the possession of the enemy 132 September , HISTORICAL MAGAZINE .
... night were darkness and silence no longer . At a given instant , as if by a concerted signal , the fires broke forth ; and were immediately in bastion itself was still in the possession of the enemy 132 September , HISTORICAL MAGAZINE .
Side 133
... bastion of the fort , just above us , was followed by the It was now near three o'clock . The firing cessation of the artillery - fires , at that point ; had greatly abated , on the further left ; and it and presently a command was ...
... bastion of the fort , just above us , was followed by the It was now near three o'clock . The firing cessation of the artillery - fires , at that point ; had greatly abated , on the further left ; and it and presently a command was ...
Side 134
bastion itself was still in the possession of the enemy ; but it was understood that they were not only unable to penetrate further , but that they had been terribly cut up by the fires from the block - house and other adjacent parts of ...
bastion itself was still in the possession of the enemy ; but it was understood that they were not only unable to penetrate further , but that they had been terribly cut up by the fires from the block - house and other adjacent parts of ...
Side 136
... bastion , in com- pleting the residue of the defences , along the line of our intrenchment . The attack had made us ... bastions of Fort Erie ; while the guns of the first battery and two heavy mortars , now for the first time opened ...
... bastion , in com- pleting the residue of the defences , along the line of our intrenchment . The attack had made us ... bastions of Fort Erie ; while the guns of the first battery and two heavy mortars , now for the first time opened ...
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Side 242 - Tell General Lee I have fought my corps to a frazzle, and I fear I can do nothing unless I am heavily supported by Longstreet's corps.
Side 322 - Europe ; and it being of the greatest importance to keep in safety these essential resources, I deem it my duty to recommend the subject to the consideration of Congress, who will doubtless perceive all the advantage which may be expected from an inhibition of the departure of our vessels from the ports of the United States.
Side 207 - Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations : Ask thy father, and he will show thee ; Thy elders, and they will tell thee.
Side 153 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Side 158 - States ; that the committee deem it highly dangerous and inexpedient to impair a provision wisely calculated to promote the happiness and prosperity of the northwestern country, and to give strength and security to that extensive frontier.
Side 109 - Jefferson, to employ the whole thereof in purchasing negroes from among his own or any others, and giving them liberty in my name, in giving them an education, in trades or otherwise, and in having them instructed, for their new condition, in the duties of morality which may make them good...
Side 95 - But what the Doctor wished principally to show me was a huge volume on botany, which indeed afforded me the greatest pleasure of any one thing in his library. It was a single volume, but so large, that it was with great difficulty that he was able to raise it from a low shelf, and lift it on the table.
Side 123 - Version, AD 1611, with an EXPLANATORY and CRITICAL COMMENTARY, and a REVISION of the TRANSLATION. By BISHOPS and CLERGY of the ANGLICAN CHURCH.
Side 245 - Men, we have fought through the war together. I have done my best for you. My heart is too full to say more.
Side 152 - Ordinance, we obtained the grant of near 5,000,000 of acres of land, amounting to three millions and a half of dollars, one million and a half of acres for the Ohio Company, and the remainder for a private speculation, in which many of the principal characters in America are concerned. Without connecting this speculation, similar terms and advantages could not have been obtained for the Ohio Company.