Lives Of The Departed Heroes Sages And Statesmen Of America PDF Download

Excerpt from A New American Biographical Dictionary, or Remembrancer of the Departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen of America: Confined Exclusively to Those Who Signalized Themselves in Either Capacity, in the Revolutionary War Which Obtained the Independence of Their Country The introduction contains a succinct account of i the events which led to the rupture between Great Britain and her then colonies. The declaration of 17 7 5, and the other papers which emanated from congress, during the revolutionary contest. Contain the manful remonstrances of freemen against op pression; an elegant and eloquent exposition of the rights of the people, and of the causes which im pelled our fathers to the separation. The biogra phies of the sages and heroes. Contain much ih structive history of the revolution: calculated to incite the young, instruct the old, and improve the moral character of the nation, by holding up to public view and imitation, portraits of virtue and patriotism. Of which the history of mankind affords no brighter examples. To which is added the fare well address of washington. In which we may read with delight and instruction, the advice of? The father of our country, and the importance and necessity of preserving the union of our confederas ted republic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.