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... Colonel Carr then took the chair . The business meeting was held in the morning , at which the reports of officers and committees were heard , and the annual election of officers was held . The officers of the Society were re Committees ...
... Colonel Carr then took the chair . The business meeting was held in the morning , at which the reports of officers and committees were heard , and the annual election of officers was held . The officers of the Society were re Committees ...
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... Colonel Carr , president of the Society . It was an able and impressive address , the title of which was " Illinois . " On Thursday evening at the close of the exercises a most delightful reception was given to all of the assembled ...
... Colonel Carr , president of the Society . It was an able and impressive address , the title of which was " Illinois . " On Thursday evening at the close of the exercises a most delightful reception was given to all of the assembled ...
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... Colonel Carr was re- elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Society . On motion of Capt . J. H. Burnham , Jessie Palmer Weber was re - elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Society with a salary at the same rate as the past ...
... Colonel Carr was re- elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Society . On motion of Capt . J. H. Burnham , Jessie Palmer Weber was re - elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Society with a salary at the same rate as the past ...
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... Colonel Carr , Gen. Smith D. Atkins , Mr. Eugene F. Baldwin and Col. Bluford Wilson at the afternoon meeting , and in the evening Judge Marcus Kavanagh delivered an address . The old war time music was sung . The patriotic societies ...
... Colonel Carr , Gen. Smith D. Atkins , Mr. Eugene F. Baldwin and Col. Bluford Wilson at the afternoon meeting , and in the evening Judge Marcus Kavanagh delivered an address . The old war time music was sung . The patriotic societies ...
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... Colonel O'Fallen on that subject . A few days ago Edwards , in a message to the lower House , complained that he had ... Colonel Berry , Mr. Forquer , and myself , and Colonel Ewing , may be relied on , as we are strangers to him . I ...
... Colonel O'Fallen on that subject . A few days ago Edwards , in a message to the lower House , complained that he had ... Colonel Berry , Mr. Forquer , and myself , and Colonel Ewing , may be relied on , as we are strangers to him . I ...
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Page 71 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done ! Praise be thy new employ ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 15 - History of the first New Hampshire Regiment in the War of the Revolution.
Page 69 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Page 71 - The voice at midnight came; He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 51 - Huguenot family which had fled from France at the time of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and settled in Guernsey.
Page 80 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 15 - The Siege of Charleston by the British fleet and army under the Command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clinton, which terminated with the Surrender of that Place on the 12th of May, 1780.
Page 71 - For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
Page 70 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." They rest from their labors and their works do follow them.
Page 71 - And ever near us, though unseen, The dear immortal spirits tread; For all the boundless universe Is Life — there are no dead!