The Story of PhiladelphiaAmerican book Company, 1900 - 384 Seiten |
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... gave birth to free institutions . Here were assembled those patriotic men whose wise words and brave deeds laid the foundations and gave shape to the temple of American liberty . Here was written the Declaration 5.
... gave birth to free institutions . Here were assembled those patriotic men whose wise words and brave deeds laid the foundations and gave shape to the temple of American liberty . Here was written the Declaration 5.
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... gave to the world the benefit of his researches in electricity , who pleaded for justice in behalf of the struggling colonies and who first interested the French government in the American cause . Here lived John Bartram , who through ...
... gave to the world the benefit of his researches in electricity , who pleaded for justice in behalf of the struggling colonies and who first interested the French government in the American cause . Here lived John Bartram , who through ...
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... gave to the world a new ideal of American womanhood . In studying " The Story of Philadelphia " the boys and girls of America will learn the history of their nation dur- ing its most critical periods , while the boys and girls of ...
... gave to the world a new ideal of American womanhood . In studying " The Story of Philadelphia " the boys and girls of America will learn the history of their nation dur- ing its most critical periods , while the boys and girls of ...
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... gave his surname Mey , or May , to the northern cape , and his Christian name Cornelis to the southern cape . Captain Cornelis Hendricksen , of the Dutch East India Company ( 1615 or 1616 ) , was the real explorer of the Delaware River ...
... gave his surname Mey , or May , to the northern cape , and his Christian name Cornelis to the southern cape . Captain Cornelis Hendricksen , of the Dutch East India Company ( 1615 or 1616 ) , was the real explorer of the Delaware River ...
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... gave him an estate in Ireland . knighted by Charles II . Later in life he was Penn's mother , Margaret Jasper , was a native of Rotter- dam , Holland . She was one of the most lovely , gentle , and devout women that could be found in ...
... gave him an estate in Ireland . knighted by Charles II . Later in life he was Penn's mother , Margaret Jasper , was a native of Rotter- dam , Holland . She was one of the most lovely , gentle , and devout women that could be found in ...
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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.