The Centennial Celebrations of the City of Newton: On the Seventeenth of June and the Fourth of July,order of the City Council, 1876 - 167 páginas "This book is typical of the town histories produced more commonly in the 1880's, this one being a particularly early example. No printer is identified, which is unusual for this early date."--Hanson Collection catalog, p.54. |
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17th of June Abraham Fuller Alexander H anniversary army assembled battle blessings Boston Bunker Hill Cambridge Village Capt centennial celebration century-plant Chairman Charles River church citizens of Newton City Government City Hall CITY OF NEWTON Clerk Colonies Committee of Arrangements Concord Continental Congress Council Dear Sir Declaration of Independence duty EDMANDS Expires January fathers fellow-citizens fortunes to support Fourth of July freedom freemen G. D. GILMAN GEORGE hand hearts honor hundred years ago inhabitants invitation Jackson JAMES F. C. HYDE Joint Special Committee Jonathan Hyde Joseph Ward June 17 land Lexington liberty lives and fortunes Lower Falls March Massachusetts Mayor memories MICHAEL JACKSON minute-men nation Newton Centre Newton Highlands Nonantum o'er occasion patriotic peace pledge respectfully Robert Prentice Roger Sherman selectmen Seventeenth of June solemnly engage thee thou didst to-day town-meeting Trowbridge vote Washington West Newton Wiswall Woodward words
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Página 85 - Our fathers' God, to thee, Author of liberty, — To thee we sing: Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light; Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King.
Página 37 - This species infests a great variety of plants, and is to be found throughout our country from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Página 133 - You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independency. Be assured that these are not facts, but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall ever esteem a union with you to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness...
Página 42 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Página 34 - GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us ; And cause his face to shine upon us. That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations.
Página 137 - My native country! thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, .Like that above.
Página 137 - God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen: Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us: God save the Queen.
Página 30 - Columbia ! happy land! Hail, ye heroes ! heaven-born band! Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, And when the storm of war was gone Enjoyed the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies.
Página 74 - OUR fathers' God! from out whose hand The centuries fall like grains of sand, We meet to-day, united, free, And loyal to our land and Thee, To thank Thee for the era done, And trust Thee for the opening one.
Página 133 - But if you are determined that your ministers shall wantonly sport with the rights of mankind : if neither the voice of justice, the dictates of the law, the principles of the constitution, or the suggestions of humanity, can restrain your hands from shedding human blood in such an impious cause, we must then tell you, that we will never submit to be hewers of wood or drawers of water for any ministry or nation in the world.