The Story of a Revolutionary Patriot, Or, The Singular Adventures of General Putnam: For the Children of the United States

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A.H. Maltby, 1830 - 67 pages

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Page 2 - Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to the Act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, ' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof...
Page 66 - I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Page 2 - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 34 - ... packs of the wounded as could be piled upon him ; strongly pinioned, and his wrists tied as closely together as they could be pulled with a cord. After he had marched, through no pleasant paths, in this painful manner, for many a tedious mile, the party (who were excessively...
Page 11 - Wearied with such fruitless attempts, (which had brought the time to ten o'clock at night,) Mr. Putnam tried once more to make his dog enter, but in vain ; he proposed to his negro man to go down into the cavern, and shoot the wolf; the negro declined the hazardous service.
Page 49 - Who is that officer commanding?" He instantly recognized his brother-in-law, Colonel Prescott. " Will he fight ? " asked Gage. " Yes, sir, depend upon it, to the last drop of blood in him; but I cannot answer for his men,
Page 53 - ... exercised in the use of powder, every grain of which served its purpose. Old Put, just before the battle, said : " Powder is scarce, my men, and must not be wasted. Don't fire at the enemy till you see the whites of their eyes — then fire low, aim at their waistbands. You are all marksmen, and can kill a squirrel at a hundred yards. Reserve your fire, and the enemy is destroyed. Aim at the handsome coats — pick out the commanders.
Page 58 - ... sword waving towards the enemy, as it were to stop their impetuous pursuit. In nearly the' same attitude he is exhibited by Barlow in that -excellent poem, the Vision of Columbus. " There strides bold Putnam, and from all the plains Calls the third host, the tardy rear sustains, And, "mid the whizzing deaths that fill the air, Waves back his swordj and dares the following war."* * The.
Page 26 - He had contended for one hour and a half with that terrible element. His legs, his thighs, his arms, and his face were blistered ; and when he pulled off his second pair of mittens, the skin from his hands and fingers followed them. It was a month before he recovered.

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