The Signers of the Mayflower Compact and Their Descendants

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Mayflower Publishing Company, 1899 - Всего страниц: 48
 

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Стр. 16 - They shall call the people unto the mountain; There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness : For they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, And of treasures hid in the sand.
Стр. 11 - February ye 20, 1703-4, aged 79 years. " He lived long, but still was doing good) And in his country's service lost much blood. After a life well spent he 's now at rest — His very name and memory is blest.
Стр. 5 - ... equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Стр. 4 - This day, before we came to harbour, observing some not well affected to unity and concord, but gave some appearance of faction, it was thought good there should be an Association and Agreement that we should combine together in one body; and to submit to such government and governors as we should, by common consent, agree to make and choose; and set our hands to this that follows, word for word: In the name of GOD, Amen.
Стр. 33 - Huguenot refugees who fled from France to Holland after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
Стр. 16 - with the most submissive patience he bore the novel and trying hardships to which his old age was subjected, lived abstemiously, and, after having been in his youth the companion of ministers of state, the representative of his sovereign, familiar with the magnificence of courts, and the possessor of a fortune sufficient not only for the comforts but the elegances of life, this humble puritan labored steadily with his own hands in the fields for daily subsistence.
Стр. 36 - ... given for the enlistment, under the direction of the surgeon general, of as many as may be necessary for the public service, to receive the same compensation as is now authorized by law. I concur fully in the views expressed by the commanding general in relation to the extension of the pension system to the widows and orphans of officers and soldiers of the regular army, and commend the subject to your favorable consideration. The experience of every year gives increased force to the recommendations...
Стр. 3 - So they left that goodly and pleasant city which had been their resting place near twelve years; but they knew they were pilgrims, and looked not much on those things, but lift up their eyes to the heavens, their dearest country, and quieted their spirits.
Стр. 5 - King, defender of ye faith, etc., haveing undertaken for ye glory of God and advancement of ye Christian faith, and honour of our King and countrie, a voyage to plant ye first Colonie...
Стр. 37 - He was for many years a member of the Board of Trustees of Amherst College, and in 1854 the degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by that institution. From 1849 to 1853, he was Probate Judge for his county, and subsequently settled down as Clerk of the Franklin County Court.

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