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nolans system for training cavalry horses
- Author: kenner garrard
- Genre: Military
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james wilson nation builder 1742 1798
- Author: lucien hugh alexander
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
98 THE GREEN BAG JAMES WILSON - NATION BUILDER navy. Such a system was cumbersome, l thirteen struggling colonies a great and responsibility was divided - and,-cddaot powerful nation. BY LUCIEN H UGH A LEXANDER --readily be fik d. ilsons realization of its 4 The mere journal of the Continental Con-. essential weaknesses i n i c s n o I gress, while he was a delegate, is a startling PART T HE Declaration of Independence a reality, Wilsons energies, with those of all the patriot fathers, were at once concentrated upon the herculean task of making that Declaration effective and Independence a reality. Wilson was among the first to recognize the necessity for efficient military organization and we can understand that the example of the strenuous Professor Ferguson at Edinburgh in urging the importance of a Scotch militia had a powerful influence upon his course. For more than a year in advance of the Declaration of Independence he had taken an active part in organizing a militia in Pennsylvania - Associators, as they were called - and early in 1775 he raised a battalion of troops in his home county, Cumberland, receiving his commission as colonel of the same on May I, I 7 7 5 , and with which, in 1776, he took part in the New Jersey campaign. But the ur encta lls for his services in Congress compelled him, as one of the chief executive officers of the government, to devote himself to civil duties th ere. At that time, as is well known, Congress through committees discharged the executive duties which now devolve upon the President of the United States and his cabinet officers and the Board of War, of which Wilson was an original member, really served in the capacity., as the President now does, of commander-in-chief of the army and - doubt led-him to propose asingle7xecutive I1 The record of James VTilsons services during the early years of the Continental Congress is buried in the original documents of the period. Historians have but little more than scratched the surface of the mines of revolutionary information, which are now so thoroughly, yet so slowly, being made accessible through the classification, indexing, and printing of the wealth of manuscripts by national and state authorities, historical societies, and private enterprise, under the leadership of W. C. Ford, Chief of the Division of hfanuscripts, Library of Congress. The true history of those stirring times is yet to be written and no one has as yet explored the archives with a view to differentiating milsons services and isolating them in a connected narrative. But wherever brought to view, they gleam with scintillating brilliancy, and the-documents of the period are regel-witLtgsgmony that-thepXnx iE Gen of his time knew and valued h-worth. It will De through the histonan ok the tuture that Americans will fully learn how much they owe to this wonderful man, who in the crisal ygrs of 1775, 76 and 77, though then less than thirty-five years of age, by untiring energy, infinite attention to detail and wise statesmanship, although battling against seemingly overwhelming odds, fostered among the people and in Congress those faint sparks of nationalism, which finally burst into flame and eventually made of the - - for the nation in the g - reat Constitutional Convention of 1787, and to insist upon it with all the vigor he possessed as giving the most energy, dispatch, and responsibility. 1 Continued from the January number. P. 5 supra. index of how he labored and of what he did. It discloses that his influence constantly increased, and that gradually he became a member of every committee of vital importance and served on more than did any pther delegate. That this is not generally known is no ...
Irish Wit and Humor
EAN SWIFT.HIS BIRTH.Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, was born A.D. 1667,in Hoey's Court, Dublin, the fourth house, right hand side, as you enterfrom Werburgh-street. The houses in this court still bear evidence ofhaving been erected for the residence of respectable folks. The "Dean'sHouse," as it is usually designated, had marble chimney-pieces, waswainscotted from hall to garret, and had panelled oak doors, one ofwhich is in possession of Doctor Willis, Rathmines--a gentleman whotakes a deep interest in all matters connected with the history of hisnative city.SINGULAR EVENT.When Swift was a year old, an event happened to him that seems veryunusual; for his nurse, who was a woman of Whitehaven, being under theabsolute necessity of seeing one of her relations, who was thenextremely sick......JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN.HIS BIRTHJohn Philpot Curran was born at Newmarket, a small village inthe county of Cork, on the 24th of July, 1750. His father, James Curran,was seneschal of the manor, and possessed of a very moderate income. Hismother was a very extraordinary woman. Eloquent and witty, she was thedelight of her neighbors, and their chronicle and arbitress. Her storieswere of the olden time, and made their way to the hearts of the people,who delighted in her wit and the truly national humor of her character.Little Curran used to hang with ecstasy upon his mother's accents, usedto repeat her tales and her jests, and caught up her enthusiasm. Afterher death.....ARTHUR O'LEARY.Arthur O'Leary was born in the year 1729, at Acres in theparish of Fanlobbus, near Dunmanway, in the western part of the Countyof Cork. His parents were undistinguished amongst the industrious andoppressed peasantry, who at the time of his birth suffered under theoperation of the penal laws. The family from which he descended wasearly distinguished in Irish history; but if his immediate ancestorsever enjoyed a higher rank in the social scale than that which isderived from successful industry, their circumstances had changed longbefore his birth, as a name which excited the respect of his countrymen.....DANIEL O'CONNELL.DARBY MORAN.O'Connell in his celebrated speech in defence of the Rev. T. Maguire,relates the following story, in which the reader will not fail toperceive the little chance which perjury had in escaping hisdetection:--"Allow me," said he, addressing the Court, "to tell you a story, whichis not the worse for being perfectly true. I was assessor of the Sheriffat an election in the county of Clare; a freeholder came to vote underthe name of Darby Moran, and as Darby Moran both his signature and markwere attached to the certificate of Registry. He, of course, wasobjected to. It was insisted that if he was illiterate, he could nothave written his name--if literate, he should not have added his mark;in either view it was contended, with the vehemence suited to suchoccasions, that his registry was bad..... --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
albert chevalier a record by himself
- Author: albert chevalier
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls
- Author: Overton Jacqueline
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
"The pirate, Ralph the Rover, so legend tells, while cruising off the coast of Scotland searching for booty or sport, sank the warning bell on one of the great rocks, to plague the good Abbot of Arbroath who had put it there. The following year the Rover returned and perished himself on the same rock. " --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
gabriele rossetti a versified autobiography
- Author: gabriele rossetti
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
a personal history of ulysses s grant
- Author: albert deane richardson
- Genre: Grant, Ulysses S.
This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office.
a personal history of ulysses s grant and sketch of schuyler colfax
- Author: albert deane richardson
- Genre: Grant, Ulysses S.
This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office.
old miami the yale of the early west
- Author: alfred horatio upham
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: is a tradition, dating back to the time of people who should have known, that the Indian word 'Miami" meant mother. Nowadays people usually forget that the name is aboriginal at all; and cultured Easterners give it a rich, garlicky Italian twang, as they drawl it at you in melodious tones, "Mee- aw-mee." However, the old tradition lingers in its savage beauty and takes a real significance in the eyes of those much-abused but naively self-sufficient college organizations, the Greek-letter fraternities. For out of the loins of little old Miami, in the years "befo' de wah," arose in turn three of the largest, mostprosperous, and most widely-extended of these secret brotherhoods. Far be it from this sketch to attempt discussion of the impulses or ideals which operate to produce these unions of choice spirits, these gatherings of the elect, or whatever else they choose to call themselves. The closed circle of intimates is as old as time; and contemporary with it arose a tendency to inward "peeve" and consuming jealousy among those just outside the circle. If twenty picked men are gathered from a possible hundred, the pathetic part is not played by the hundredth man, but by Number 21. When Og and Glug, among the pre-Adamite cave- dwellers, happened upon a valley where sweet red berries grew, invited Wap to share their secret, and gathered daily in their close retreat to munch and snooze and barter confidences; when they decked themselves with the shiny fruit, leered inthe faces of Tub and Blubwho weren't askedand called themselves a string of gutturals meaning in their lingo "Order of the Sacred Grotto where the Red Berry Grows:" there appeared, in germ, the Greek letter fraternity minus the Greek. In the college community there is particular need for these limited brotherhoods....
Pleas of the Crown for the hundred of Swineshead and the township of Bristol : taken at Bristol before Simon abbot of Reading Ranulf abbot of Evesham Martin Pateshull John of Monmouth Ralph Hareng and Robert Lexington justices itenerant, in the fifth year
- Author: England. Curia Regis
- Genre: British
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