The Centennial Celebration of General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Iroquois, in 1779: Held at Waterloo, September 3rd, 1879Observer Steam Print, 1880 - 356 Seiten |
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... young , acquaint them with the past , minister to their love of what is novel and curious , and , by exciting their admiration , awaken a desire for historical knowledge and culture . PROVISION FOR A LIBRARY HALL . The necessity of a ...
... young , acquaint them with the past , minister to their love of what is novel and curious , and , by exciting their admiration , awaken a desire for historical knowledge and culture . PROVISION FOR A LIBRARY HALL . The necessity of a ...
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... young , as well the descendants of revolutionary sires , as of the pioneer settlers of the county , acted in concert in urging a suitable observance of an event which opened up the territory of Seneca County to civilization . EXECUTIVE ...
... young , as well the descendants of revolutionary sires , as of the pioneer settlers of the county , acted in concert in urging a suitable observance of an event which opened up the territory of Seneca County to civilization . EXECUTIVE ...
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... YOUNG LADIES IN WHITE , & C . And now the work of preparation progressed from day to day ; in some of the towns active efforts were success- fully instituted to recruit and drill troops of mounted men to take part in the procession . In ...
... YOUNG LADIES IN WHITE , & C . And now the work of preparation progressed from day to day ; in some of the towns active efforts were success- fully instituted to recruit and drill troops of mounted men to take part in the procession . In ...
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... young and old , on foot , on horseback , and in all manner of con- veyances , from the light phaeton and pleasure carriage , to the heavy and substantial farmer's wagon , —every one attired in holiday garb , and bent upon enjoying the ...
... young and old , on foot , on horseback , and in all manner of con- veyances , from the light phaeton and pleasure carriage , to the heavy and substantial farmer's wagon , —every one attired in holiday garb , and bent upon enjoying the ...
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... young ladies dressed in white from Romulus and Junius , coming a long distance over- land , in handsomely arranged vehicles , arrived early at the appointed place of rendezvous . A large delegation from the town of Fayette consisting of ...
... young ladies dressed in white from Romulus and Junius , coming a long distance over- land , in handsomely arranged vehicles , arrived early at the appointed place of rendezvous . A large delegation from the town of Fayette consisting of ...
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A. L. Childs Auburn August battle battle of Newtown beautiful Bradford County Brant Brigade British Butler Captain Cayuga Lake Centennial Celebration Chemung Chonodote citizens Clinton Colonel command commemorate Consolidated Bands corn creek Dearborn decorated destroyed detachment Dorsheimer early encamped enemy erected expedition Fair Grounds Fatzinger Fayette fire Geneva Grand Army grand stand Grange Gustin Hawley Historian Historical Society honor Horace F houses hundred invitation Iroquois John Junius land Library and Historical log cabin Main meeting ment miles military Miller Mohawk monument morning Newtown o'clock occasion officers Oneida Orator Ovid patriotic peace present President Responded river Romulus S. H. Gridley Samuel Seneca County Seneca Falls Seneca Lake Seneca river September settlement side Six Nations Skoi-yase soldiers street Sullivan expedition Sullivan's Campaign tent Tioga tion to-day town of Romulus troops Varick village Washington Waterloo Library William WILLIAM DORSHEIMER Wyoming York
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Seite 244 - VENERABLE MEN! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered! The same heavens are indeed over your heads; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but all else how changed...
Seite 157 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Seite 197 - Oh make Thou us, through centuries long, In peace secure, in justice strong; Around our gift of freedom draw The safeguards of thy righteous law : And, cast in some diviner mould, Let the new cycle shame the old ! JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
Seite 47 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view, The orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wildwood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew.
Seite 81 - ... of the United States: and whereas it is the incumbent duty of the people of this state to avail themselves of the means which the Almighty has placed in their hands for the production of such signal, extensive and lasting benefits to the human race: Now, therefore, in full confidence that the Congress of the United States, and the states equally interested with this state in the commencement, prosecution, and completion of those important works, will contribute their full proportion of the expense;...
Seite 99 - ... continuing in the army, that I could not appoint him ; General Putnam I need not mention. I therefore made the offer of it, for the appointment could no longer be delayed, to General Gates, who was next in seniority, though, perhaps I might have avoided it, if I had been so disposed, from his being in a command by the special appointment of Congress. My letter to him on the occasion I believe you will think was conceived in very candid and polite terms, and that it merited a different answer...
Seite 108 - Nothing could afford me more pleasure than to relieve the distressed, or to have it in my power to add to the safety of your settlement, but should I comply with the requisition made by you, it would effectually answer the intention of the enemy and destroy the grand object of this expedition.
Seite 311 - And as he gazed, he beheld, far down in their silent depths, dim and ill-defined outlines, wavering to and fro, like the folds of a white garment in the twilight Then more distinct and permanent shapes arose, — shapes familiar to his mind, yet forgotten and remembered again, as the fragments of a dream ; till at length, far, far below him he beheld the great City of the Past, with silent marble streets, and moss-grown walls, and spires uprising with a...
Seite 47 - THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the...
Seite 146 - Agreeable to my orders, I proceeded by the shortest route to the lower Mohawk castle, passing through the Tuscarora and Oneida castles, where every mark of hospitality and friendship was shown the party. I had the pleasure to find, that not the least damage nor insult was offered any of the inhabitants.