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... Crowninshield , Jr. , of Danvers , and had often heard Crowninshield express his intention to destroy the life of Mr. White . Crowninshield was a young man , of bad reputa- tion ; though he had never been convicted of any offense , he ...
... Crowninshield , Jr. , of Danvers , and had often heard Crowninshield express his intention to destroy the life of Mr. White . Crowninshield was a young man , of bad reputa- tion ; though he had never been convicted of any offense , he ...
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... Crowninshield , Colonel Benjamin Sel- man , of Marblehead , and Daniel Chase , of Lynn , were together in Salem , at a gambling - house usually frequented by Richard ; these were indicted as accomplices in the crime . They were all ...
... Crowninshield , Colonel Benjamin Sel- man , of Marblehead , and Daniel Chase , of Lynn , were together in Salem , at a gambling - house usually frequented by Richard ; these were indicted as accomplices in the crime . They were all ...
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... made known , while he protested his own innocence , that he could unfold the whole mystery . He then disclosed that he had been an associate of R. Crowninshield , Jr. and George Crowninshield ; had spent part of the winter.
... made known , while he protested his own innocence , that he could unfold the whole mystery . He then disclosed that he had been an associate of R. Crowninshield , Jr. and George Crowninshield ; had spent part of the winter.
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Benjamin Franklin Tefft. and George Crowninshield ; had spent part of the winter at Danvers and Salem , under the name of Carr ; part of the time he had been their inmate , concealed in their father's house at Danvers ; that on the 2d of ...
Benjamin Franklin Tefft. and George Crowninshield ; had spent part of the winter at Danvers and Salem , under the name of Carr ; part of the time he had been their inmate , concealed in their father's house at Danvers ; that on the 2d of ...
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... Crowninshield that all was ready . In the evening of that day he had a meeting with Crowninshield at the centre of the common , who showed him a bludgeon and a dagger , with which the murder was to be committed . Knapp asked him if he ...
... Crowninshield that all was ready . In the evening of that day he had a meeting with Crowninshield at the centre of the common , who showed him a bludgeon and a dagger , with which the murder was to be committed . Knapp asked him if he ...
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Page 278 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Page 57 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object—this, this is eloquence; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Page 278 - Liberty first and Union afterward"; but everywhere spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Page 336 - Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 336 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 348 - The parties mutually stipulate that each shall prepare, equip, and maintain in service, on the coast of Africa, a sufficient and adequate squadron, or naval force of vessels, of suitable numbers and descriptions, to carry in all not less than eighty guns, to enforce, separately and respectively, the laws, rights, and obligations, of each of the two countries, for the suppression of the slave trade...
Page 306 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar offj they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 233 - An act in addition to an act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes...
Page 336 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 26 - ... revolutionary war, shrunk from no danger, no toil, no sacrifice, to serve his country, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may my name and the name of my posterity be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ! [Mr.
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The American Past: A History of the United States from Concord to Hiroshima ... Roger Butterfield No preview available - 1947 |