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Excerpt from The Magazine of American History, 1888, Vol. 20Replies. Bishop Leaming - Elizabeth Canning - Old Mr. Van Berkel and His Daughter I)id Washington Eat Green Peas with a Knife?Societies New York Historical Society - Oneida Historical Society - Tennessee Historical Society - North Carolina Historical Society - Dedham Historical Society.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find m...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Magazine of American History, Vol. 14: With Notes and Queries, July December, 1885With these troops in hand I immediately commenced the nightly occu patiou of the grounds around the Executive Mansion and Of the principal public buildings, posting them after sunset each evening and withdrawing them shortly after sunrise in the morning, keeping a reserve always on duty in the armories during the day in constant readiness for any eme...

Excerpt from Magazine of American History With Notes and Queries, Vol. 24: July-December, 1890Our present concern is with certain situations and phases Of actual life in New York a little before the cloud-burst which deluged the country with battles.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgott...

Excerpt from The Magazine of American History With Notes and Queries, Vol. 21: January-June, 1889The De Vries Portrait of Washington fac-simile of Unpublished Letter of Washington. Portrait of Earl of Dunmore.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology...

Excerpt from History of the City of New York, Vol. 1The earliest record of the existence of the American Continent is found among the literary legacies of the Icelanders of the tenth century, who were superior to the continental people of that age both in mental vigor and physical endurance. But their discoveries were the result of hap hazard adventure rather than scientific probabilities, and their efforts at colonization were signal failures...

Excerpt from History of New York, Vol. 2The departure of Governor Tryon called back Lieutenant Governor Colden from his country house at Flushing to take up again, in his eighty sixth year, the reins of provincial government. Before Governor Tryon's departure news had arrived, on March loth, from St. Eustatius via Philadel phia, to the effect that the ship Nancy, Captain Lockyer, having been blown off the coast by contrary winds, had put into ...

Excerpt from The Framers of the ConstitutionEvery American schoolboy learns that our Constitution was framed at Philadelphia in 1787 by the Constitutional Convention. However, the lives and careers of the Convention's fifty-five de'le gates are not so familiar.The following article originally appeared in the magazine OF american history, volume XIII. April, 1885. Martha J. Lamb signed the article.The Boards and the Staff of the Public Library ...

Excerpt from The Framers of the ConstitutionEvery American schoolboy learns that our Constitution was framed at Philadelphia in 1787 by the Constitutional Convention. However, the lives and careers of the Convention's fifty-five de'le gates are not so familiar.The following article originally appeared in the magazine OF american history, volume XIII. April, 1885. Martha J. Lamb signed the article.The Boards and the Staff of the Public Library ...

Excerpt from History of the City of New York, Vol. 2 of 2: Its Origin, Rise, and Progress, Embracing the Century of National Independence, Closing in 1880To the various New York families who have constantly and courteously given me access to private-libraries and valuable family manuscripts more precious than diamonds, to the historians and scholars who have kindly and uniformly extended assistance whenever I have sought information, to the le...

Excerpt from Magazine of American History, Vol. 1: July 1877A banner was an ensign, depending from a staff, which could be car ried by hand, usually by the chief of the band. Standards, as of the Assyrians, Egyptians, and other ancient peoples, were carried gener ally, if not always, on cars, or carriages, or ships. The bearer of a banner was usually called a banneret. In some of the Swiss cantons there was formerly a high officer, styled a ba...

Excerpt from Magazine of American History, Illustrated, Vol. 19: June 1888The price of'the bound volume is for each half year, in dark green levant cloth, and if bound i half morocco. Some of the years prior to I 883 are bound complete in one volume.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgott...

Excerpt from Magazine of American History, Illustrated, Vol. 19: June 1888The price of'the bound volume is for each half year, in dark green levant cloth, and if bound i half morocco. Some of the years prior to I 883 are bound complete in one volume.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgott...

Excerpt from Magazine of American History With Notes and Queries, Vol. 23: January-June 1890Dear friends were with us, some who sleep Beneath the coffin lid. What pleasant memories we keep Of all they said and did Oh stay, oh stay, One tender hour, and then away!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical ...

Excerpt from The Magazine of American History, Vol. 19: April, 1888Robertson has left in his personal handwriting a graphic account of this first interview with President Washington, which is best told in his own language.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-a...

Excerpt from The Magazine of American History, Vol. 19: April, 1888Robertson has left in his personal handwriting a graphic account of this first interview with President Washington, which is best told in his own language.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-a...

Excerpt from Magazine of American History, Vol. 1: July 1877A banner was an ensign, depending from a staff, which could be car ried by hand, usually by the chief of the band. Standards, as of the Assyrians, Egyptians, and other ancient peoples, were carried gener ally, if not always, on cars, or carriages, or ships. The bearer of a banner was usually called a banneret. In some of the Swiss cantons there was formerly a high officer, styled a ba...

Excerpt from Magazine of American History With Notes and Queries, Vol. 22: Illustrated, July-December 1889Col. William S. Smith of the Revolution M. D. Raymond. A Relic of Washington's Saddle. A Poem Rev. J. 13. Barnes. Notes, Queries, and Replies 78, 168, 256, 347, 431, Societies 350, 434, Historic and Social Jottings 84, 172, 260, 435, Book Notices 262, 351, 437.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and c...

Excerpt from Magazine of American History With Notes and Queries, Vol. 22: Illustrated, July-December 1889Col. William S. Smith of the Revolution M. D. Raymond. A Relic of Washington's Saddle. A Poem Rev. J. 13. Barnes. Notes, Queries, and Replies 78, 168, 256, 347, 431, Societies 350, 434, Historic and Social Jottings 84, 172, 260, 435, Book Notices 262, 351, 437.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and c...