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Excerpt from Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, Vol. 2: First Chief-Justice of the United States, Member and President of the Continental Congress, Minister to Spain, Member of Commission to Negotiate Treaty of Independence, Envoy to Great Britain, Governor of New York, Etc, , 1781-1782Spain's attitude should be endured patiently - Perseverance not resentment, must be shown.To Robert R. Livingston Surrender of St. Philip to the Span...

Excerpt from The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, Vol. 4: First Chief-Justice of the United States, Member and President of the Continental Congress, Minister to Spain, Member of Commission to Negotiate Treaty of Independence, Envoy to Great Britain, Governor of New York, Etc, , 1794-1826Accept my thanks for the ingenious work which you were so Obliging as to send me by Mr. Childs. I have read it with pleasure and improvement, it ...

About the Book Books about Teaching Methods discuss the principles used by teachers in educational institutions. Different teaching approaches are recommended for different subject areas, and have varied over the centuries. Examples of these titles include: A History of Education, A History of Education During the Middle Ages, the History of Educational Theories, A Method of Teaching Chemistry in Schools, Essays on Mathematical Education, Meth...

Excerpt from The Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776: With a Review of the Events of the CampaignHarlem Heights. The maps are facsimiles of origi nal draughts or prints, or compilations prepared with care from authentic sources. All are new and are presented here for the first time. In the Plan of the battle-field, the heights, the farm lines, the loca tion of the only three houses on the site, the lanes, the orchard, the Hollow Way, ...

Excerpt from The Storming of Stony Point on the Hudson: Midnight, July 15, 1779, Its Importance in the Light of Unpublished DocumentsAlbany have also been consulted. The map of the scene of action showing especially the route taken by the storming column, has been compiled mainly from the manuscript surveys of Washington's topographer, Thomas Erskine, F. R. S., in posses sion of the New York Historical Society. The source of other documents is...

Excerpt from Observations on Judge Jone's Loyalist History of the American Revolution: How Far Is It an Authority?I certify that Thomas Jones, Esq., this day appeared before me a prisoner, taken up by order of Congress. And having promised upon his word and honor to appear at such time and place as a Committee of the Congress of this Colony shall, upon reasonable notice to him given or left at his usual place of abode, direct. The said Thomas ...

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Excerpt from Observations on Judge Jone's Loyalist History of the American Revolution: How Far Is It an Authority?I certify that Thomas Jones, Esq., this day appeared before me a prisoner, taken up by order of Congress. And having promised upon his word and honor to appear at such time and place as a Committee of the Congress of this Colony shall, upon reasonable notice to him given or left at his usual place of abode, direct. The said Thomas ...

Excerpt from Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, Vol. 2: First Chief-Justice of the United States, Member and President of the Continental Congress, Minister to Spain, Member of Commission to Negotiate Treaty of Independence, Envoy to Great Britain, Governor of New York, Etc, , 1781-1782 Dear Sir: Your favour of the 15th ult., with the packets mentioned in it, arrived in good order. I regret your long silence, though I am strongly ...

Excerpt from The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, Vol. 4: First Chief-Justice of the United States, Member and President of the Continental Congress, Minister to Spain, Member of Commission to Negotiate Treaty of Independence, Envoy to Great Britain, Governor of New York, Etc, , 1794-1826Accept my thanks for the ingenious work which you were so Obliging as to send me by Mr. Childs. I have read it with pleasure and improvement, it ...

Excerpt from The Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776: With a Review of the Events of the Campaign Harlem Heights. The maps are facsimiles of origi nal draughts or prints, or compilations prepared with care from authentic sources. All are new and are presented here for the first time. In the Plan of the battle-field, the heights, the farm lines, the loca tion of the only three houses on the site, the lanes, the orchard, the Hollow Way...

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Excerpt from The Storming of Stony Point on the Hudson: Midnight, July 15, 1779, Its Importance in the Light of Unpublished Documents Albany have also been consulted. The map of the scene of action showing especially the route taken by the storming column, has been compiled mainly from the manuscript surveys of Washington's topographer, Thomas Erskine, F. R. S., in posses sion of the New York Historical Society. The source of other documents ...

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Henry Phelps Johnston (1842-1923) was the American author who wrote The Campaign of 1776 Around New York and Brooklyn (1878). ⿿THE site now occupied by the two cities of New York and Brooklyn, and over which they continue to spread, is pre-eminently ⿿Revolutionary soil. ⿿ Very few of our historic places are more closely associated with the actual scenes of that struggle. As at Boston in 1775, so here in 1776, we had the war at our doors and al...

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