The Story of PhiladelphiaAmerican book Company, 1900 - 384 Seiten |
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... September 26 , 1651 , his father being the judge of Winds- heim . He was highly educated , and is said to have been the master of seven languages . While making the tour of Europe he visited the city of Frankfort , where he heard Spener ...
... September 26 , 1651 , his father being the judge of Winds- heim . He was highly educated , and is said to have been the master of seven languages . While making the tour of Europe he visited the city of Frankfort , where he heard Spener ...
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... September 27 , 1719 . Where he lies buried is not known , but it is gratifying to remember that our loved poet Whittier has immortalized his name in a beautiful poem called " The Pennsylvania Pilgrim . " In it are pictured his ...
... September 27 , 1719 . Where he lies buried is not known , but it is gratifying to remember that our loved poet Whittier has immortalized his name in a beautiful poem called " The Pennsylvania Pilgrim . " In it are pictured his ...
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... September 4 , 1646 , and for many years served as a place of worship for all the Swedes in the colony . But the distance to the Tinicum church was so great that it was inconvenient for the Swedes liv- ing east of the Schuylkill River to ...
... September 4 , 1646 , and for many years served as a place of worship for all the Swedes in the colony . But the distance to the Tinicum church was so great that it was inconvenient for the Swedes liv- ing east of the Schuylkill River to ...
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... September 1 , 1730. During his absence Miss Read had married a Mr. Rogers , who proved to be a worthless fellow and utterly unworthy of her . Soon after their marriage he fled from his creditors to the West In- dies , where he died in ...
... September 1 , 1730. During his absence Miss Read had married a Mr. Rogers , who proved to be a worthless fellow and utterly unworthy of her . Soon after their marriage he fled from his creditors to the West In- dies , where he died in ...
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... September , 1775 , Congress appointed him one of three commissioners to confer with Washington at Boston in reference to the raising and furnishing of supplies for the American army . In December of the same year he was appointed one of ...
... September , 1775 , Congress appointed him one of three commissioners to confer with Washington at Boston in reference to the raising and furnishing of supplies for the American army . In December of the same year he was appointed one of ...
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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.