The Story of PhiladelphiaAmerican book Company, 1900 - 384 Seiten |
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... Assembly , which he had ordered to convene December 4 , 1682. Thus came to the New World the great founder of our State and city , whose name and character are worthy of our admira- tion and reverence . The anniversary of the landing of ...
... Assembly , which he had ordered to convene December 4 , 1682. Thus came to the New World the great founder of our State and city , whose name and character are worthy of our admira- tion and reverence . The anniversary of the landing of ...
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... assembly . In it he prescribes the method of their election , the functions of the governor and council , and the privileges of the Assembly . He held that " any government is free to the people under it , whatever be the frame , where ...
... assembly . In it he prescribes the method of their election , the functions of the governor and council , and the privileges of the Assembly . He held that " any government is free to the people under it , whatever be the frame , where ...
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... assembly and a provincial council , both to be elected by the people . The governor and council were the execu- tive body , and from councils emanated all bills which by the sanction of the Assembly became law . It guaranteed liberty of ...
... assembly and a provincial council , both to be elected by the people . The governor and council were the execu- tive body , and from councils emanated all bills which by the sanction of the Assembly became law . It guaranteed liberty of ...
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... Assembly met and organized . At this meeting of the legislature the Great Law , adopted at Chester , was en- larged and revised , and many laws were passed having reference to city as well as provincial affairs . A seal was adopted for ...
... Assembly met and organized . At this meeting of the legislature the Great Law , adopted at Chester , was en- larged and revised , and many laws were passed having reference to city as well as provincial affairs . A seal was adopted for ...
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... assembly to be chosen yearly by the people , who had the " powers and privileges of an assembly according to the rights of freeborn subjects of England . " It required the freemen to choose a double number of persons for each position ...
... assembly to be chosen yearly by the people , who had the " powers and privileges of an assembly according to the rights of freeborn subjects of England . " It required the freemen to choose a double number of persons for each position ...
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Seite 279 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ! JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Seite 162 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Seite 272 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Seite 185 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia ; because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Seite 178 - The pusillanimous idea that we had friends in England worth keeping terms with, -still haunted the minds of many. For this reason, those passages which conveyed censures on the people of England were struck out, lest they should give them offence.
Seite 36 - I have sent my commissioners to treat with you about land, and a firm league of peace...
Seite 42 - ... you shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free, and, if you will, a sober and industrious people.
Seite 52 - And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province, named before thou wert born, what love, what care, what service, and what travail, has there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile thee!
Seite 279 - That from and after the fourth day of July next, the Flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union have twenty stars, white in a blue field.
Seite 187 - Resolved, That a general be appointed to command all the Continental forces raised, or to be raised, for the defence of American liberty.