The Story of PhiladelphiaAmerican book Company, 1900 - 384 Seiten |
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... rights that 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.
... rights that 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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Mrs. Lillian Ione Rhoades MacDowell. temple of American liberty . Here was written the Declaration of Independence , the most distinguished state paper ever drafted by human pen . Here stands Independence Hall , in which that Declaration ...
Mrs. Lillian Ione Rhoades MacDowell. temple of American liberty . Here was written the Declaration of Independence , the most distinguished state paper ever drafted by human pen . Here stands Independence Hall , in which that Declaration ...
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... Declaration of Independence General Washington in Philadelphia Independence Hall . 56 65 76 84 • 93 • 107 · 114 · 125 · 135 · 147 • 153 • 163 • 175 • 185 • 197 Independence Square The Liberty Bell Christopher Ludwig Lydia Darrah . 9.
... Declaration of Independence General Washington in Philadelphia Independence Hall . 56 65 76 84 • 93 • 107 · 114 · 125 · 135 · 147 • 153 • 163 • 175 • 185 • 197 Independence Square The Liberty Bell Christopher Ludwig Lydia Darrah . 9.
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Mrs. Lillian Ione Rhoades MacDowell. Independence Square The Liberty Bell Christopher Ludwig Lydia Darrah . The Battle of Germantown The Mischianza Robert Morris Betsy Ross and the Flag . President Washington in Philadelphia Congress ...
Mrs. Lillian Ione Rhoades MacDowell. Independence Square The Liberty Bell Christopher Ludwig Lydia Darrah . The Battle of Germantown The Mischianza Robert Morris Betsy Ross and the Flag . President Washington in Philadelphia Congress ...
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... liberty and the sense of justice should prevail . Summing up the history of these early settlements , we find that the Dutch were the first settlers in the land now known as Pennsylvania , and that they held it for fifteen . years ...
... liberty and the sense of justice should prevail . Summing up the history of these early settlements , we find that the Dutch were the first settlers in the land now known as Pennsylvania , and that they held it for fifteen . years ...
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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.