A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People, Band 1John Woolf Jordan Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913 - 1403 Seiten |
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acres Alexander Andrew appointed April August bank Beale became Bloomfield born borough Bratton Broad Top building captain Center county Charles church was built Colonel Company congregation court court-house creek Cumberland county daughter David Decatur township died district Duncannon east elected erected established farm furnace George Harrisburg held Henry Huntingdon county Indians Jack's mountain Jacob James January John Joseph June Juniata county Juniata river Juniata valley Kishacoquillas Kishacoquillas creek Kishacoquillas valley land Landisburg later legislature Lewistown lived located Lodge Lutheran church March married Mary McVeytown Methodist Mifflin county Mifflintown miles mill Miller mountain mustered November Orbisonia organized Penn Pennsylvania railroad Perry county Philadelphia postoffice public schools purchased Reedsville regiment road Robert Samuel school house second lieutenant September settled Sherman's Snyder Snyder county street Susquehanna Susquehanna river thence Thomas town township tract Tuscarora Union warrant wife William
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Seite 239 - They are remarkably stout and hardy men ; many of them exceeding six feet in height. They are dressed in white frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. These men are remarkable for the accuracy of their aim ; striking a mark with great certainty at two hundred yards distance.
Seite 23 - They are really better to us than we are to them, they always give us victuals at their quarters, and take care we are armed against hunger and thirst : "We do not so by them, generally speaking, but let them walk by our doors hungry and do not often relieve them.
Seite 28 - ... and, if you will, a sober and industrious people. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution, and has given me His grace to keep it. In short, whatever sober and free men can reasonably desire for the security and improvement of their own happiness, I shall heartily comply with, and in five months resolve, if it please God, to see you.
Seite 28 - ... you shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious people. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution, and has given me his grace to keep it.
Seite 235 - That there is an absolute necessity, that a congress of Deputies from the several colonies be immediately assembled, to consult together, and form a general plan of conduct to be observed by all the colonies...
Seite 275 - Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by virtue of the power vested in me by the constitution and the laws and deeming sufficient occasion to exist, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, volunteers to the aggregate number of...
Seite 28 - ... a tract of land in America lying north of Maryland, on the east bounded with Delaware River, on the west limited as Maryland, and northward to extend as far as plantable.
Seite 28 - I wish you all happiness, here and hereafter. These are to let you know that it hath pleased God, in His providence, to cast you within my lot and care. It is a business that, though I never undertook before, yet God has given me an understanding of my duty, and an honest mind to do it uprightly.
Seite 28 - The said land to extend westward five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said eastern bounds, and the said lands to be bounded on the north by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude...
Seite 28 - King's choice, for you are now fixed, at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great. You shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free, and, if you will, a sober and industrious people.