The Story of PhiladelphiaAmerican book Company, 1900 - 384 Seiten |
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... President Washington in Philadelphia Congress Hall Benjamin Rush Stephen Girard Women of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Index PAGE 207 214 222 229 . 235 248 • 258 269 281 290 300 · 310 325 · 348 379 A 1701 TIHA AL OF THE THE FIRST SETTLERS ...
... President Washington in Philadelphia Congress Hall Benjamin Rush Stephen Girard Women of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Index PAGE 207 214 222 229 . 235 248 • 258 269 281 290 300 · 310 325 · 348 379 A 1701 TIHA AL OF THE THE FIRST SETTLERS ...
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... president of the council , and ordered him to set up a " Public Grammar School " in Philadelphia , which he did , and placed it under the care of the celebrated George Keith . The first grammar school in Pennsylvania was thus estab ...
... president of the council , and ordered him to set up a " Public Grammar School " in Philadelphia , which he did , and placed it under the care of the celebrated George Keith . The first grammar school in Pennsylvania was thus estab ...
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... president of the college , and planned for it an excellent course of study , the best then known in the colonies . In the year 1791 this institution was merged into the University of Pennsylvania , one of the largest and most celebrated ...
... president of the college , and planned for it an excellent course of study , the best then known in the colonies . In the year 1791 this institution was merged into the University of Pennsylvania , one of the largest and most celebrated ...
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... Presidents of the Federal and State Congresses . In Christ Church , in the yard adjoining , and in the ceme- tery ... president of the Continental Congress ; William Bainbridge and Richard Dale , names renowned in American naval ...
... Presidents of the Federal and State Congresses . In Christ Church , in the yard adjoining , and in the ceme- tery ... president of the Continental Congress ; William Bainbridge and Richard Dale , names renowned in American naval ...
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... president , and he was annually elected to that office for twenty - two years . About the year 1749 Franklin saw the way clear to make public his long - cherished scheme for an educational insti- tution . This was done in a pamphlet ...
... president , and he was annually elected to that office for twenty - two years . About the year 1749 Franklin saw the way clear to make public his long - cherished scheme for an educational insti- tution . This was done in a pamphlet ...
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American army appointed arrived Assembly Bartram beautiful became bell Betsy Ross British building built called chief Christ Church citizens colonies colonists commander committee Continental Congress council David Rittenhouse Declaration of Independence Delaware delegates delphia Dutch elected England English erected Fairmount Park famous father flag Friends George Germantown governor gress honor hundred Independence Hall Indians Jefferson John Bartram July June king knights ladies land letter liberty lived Lucretia Mott mansion Market Street Mischianza nation October Pastorius patriot Penn's Pennsylvania phia Phila Philadel Philadelphia pounds President province province of Pennsylvania public schools Rebecca Gratz Resolution Richard Henry Lee Robert Morris Rush Schuylkill River sent September Society soldiers Statehouse Stephen Girard Swedes thirteen Thomas thousand dollars tion treaty tree troops United Virginia Washington Wicaco William Penn Wissahickon women wrote York
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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.