The Story of PhiladelphiaAmerican book Company, 1900 - 384 Seiten |
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... Statehouse in the province . On his return Penn lived with his family in the Slate Roof House , corner of Second Street and Norris Alley , the pres- ent site of the Commercial Exchange . When first built this was the largest house in ...
... Statehouse in the province . On his return Penn lived with his family in the Slate Roof House , corner of Second Street and Norris Alley , the pres- ent site of the Commercial Exchange . When first built this was the largest house in ...
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... Statehouse bell , now known as the Liberty Bell . For many years Christ Church was the principal place of worship in Phila- delphia . In the year 1763 a charter was granted by Governor John Penn uniting Christ Church with Saint Peter's ...
... Statehouse bell , now known as the Liberty Bell . For many years Christ Church was the principal place of worship in Phila- delphia . In the year 1763 a charter was granted by Governor John Penn uniting Christ Church with Saint Peter's ...
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... Statehouse on July 20 , 1775 , and also on May 17 , 1776 , to attend the service of fasting and prayer . Here worshiped John Adams , the second President of the United States ; Lafayette , the celebrated French general and statesman ...
... Statehouse on July 20 , 1775 , and also on May 17 , 1776 , to attend the service of fasting and prayer . Here worshiped John Adams , the second President of the United States ; Lafayette , the celebrated French general and statesman ...
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... Statehouse , where it remained until 1773 , when it was taken to Carpenters ' Hall , just in time for the use of the First Continental Congress . In 1789 a lot was secured on Fifth Street , below Chestnut , and a library building was ...
... Statehouse , where it remained until 1773 , when it was taken to Carpenters ' Hall , just in time for the use of the First Continental Congress . In 1789 a lot was secured on Fifth Street , below Chestnut , and a library building was ...
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... Statehouse in Philadelphia to frame a new Constitution for the United States . Franklin retired from public life in the year 1788 , after a continuous public service of more than forty years . His last public act was a memorial ...
... Statehouse in Philadelphia to frame a new Constitution for the United States . Franklin retired from public life in the year 1788 , after a continuous public service of more than forty years . His last public act was a memorial ...
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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.