Annual ProceedingsThe Society, 1918 |
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... asking if they will not immediately pay the annual dues , instead of dragging them all through the year . The Treasurer : I would like to give the Society this in- formation , which they probably cannot get before they read my report ...
... asking if they will not immediately pay the annual dues , instead of dragging them all through the year . The Treasurer : I would like to give the Society this in- formation , which they probably cannot get before they read my report ...
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... asking whether they wanted their dues remitted or not ? General Snowden : We will find out . A Member : That is made ... asking everybody to plant back - yard gardens , and , incidentally , at the same time , asking them to raise ...
... asking whether they wanted their dues remitted or not ? General Snowden : We will find out . A Member : That is made ... asking everybody to plant back - yard gardens , and , incidentally , at the same time , asking them to raise ...
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... asking them to pledge themselves to this work , and also asking them if they will not report to their nearby boards , to the Public Safety and National Board . Volunteers in four minute speeches would also be most timely . Let us get ...
... asking them to pledge themselves to this work , and also asking them if they will not report to their nearby boards , to the Public Safety and National Board . Volunteers in four minute speeches would also be most timely . Let us get ...
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American April Army Artillery August Battalion Board of Managers Bonds born at Philadelphia Brock Captain John Chairman Chaplain CHARLEMAGNE TOWER Charles Church City of Philadelphia CLARENCE PAYNE FRANKLIN CLEMENT BIDDLE Club Company Connecticut Continental Corps CUTHBERT GILLESPIE daughter David Deceased December 13 EDWARD CARPENTER EDWARD STALKER SAYRES elected to membership Ensign GEORGE GILLINGHAM great-grandfather Great-grandson Great-great-great-grandson HARROLD EDGAR GILLINGHAM Hayden HERKNESS Historical Society Infantry invested January JOHN WOOLF JOHN WOOLF JORDAN Joseph JOSIAH GRANVILLE LEACH June 14 Lancaster County Lebanon Liberty Loan LL.D Major March March 14 Medical Memorial Merion Cricket Merion Cricket clubs NORRIS STANLEY BARRATT November October Penn Pennsylvania Militia Pennsylvania Society President Private in Captain Railroad Regiment Revolution RICHARD MCCALL CADWALADER right of service Second Lieutenant Secretary Society of Pennsylvania Society of Sons soldiers STANLEY GRISWOLD STANLEY GRISWOLD FLAGG supplemental claims Tasker Treasurer Valley Forge Virginia Washington Washington Memorial Chapel Wayne Monument wife
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Página 79 - Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.
Página 5 - It being evident from the steady decline of a proper celebration of the national holy days of the United States of America, that popular concern in the events and men of the War of the Revolution is gradually declining, and that such lack of interest is attributable, not so much to the lapse of time and the rapidly increasing flood of Immigration from foreign countries, as to the neglect, on the part of...
Página 61 - A wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?
Página 78 - This is not all; we should leave a large extent of fertile country to be despoiled and ravaged by the enemy, from which they would draw vast supplies, and where many of our firm friends would be exposed to all the miseries of the most insulting and wanton depredation. A train of evils might be enumerated, but these will suffice. These considerations make it indispensably necessary for the army to take such a position...
Página 5 - ... flood of immigration from foreign countries as to the neglect, on the part of descendants of Revolutionary heroes, to perform their duty...
Página 79 - To-morrow being the day set apart by the honorable Congress for public thanksgiving and praise, and duty calling us devoutly to express our grateful acknowledgments to God for the manifold blessings he has granted us, the General directs that the army remain in its present quarters, and that the chaplains perform divine service with their several corps and brigades ; and earnestly exhorts all officers and soldiers, whose absence is not indispensably necessary, to attend with reverence the solemnities...
Página 5 - Independence of the country, and to further the proper celebration of the anniversaries of the birthday of Washington, and of prominent events connected with the War of the Revolution; to collect and secure for preservation the rolls, records and other documents relating to that period ; to inspire the members of the Society with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers ; and to promote the feeling of friendship among them.
Página 77 - Although in some instances we unfortunately failed, yet upon the whole Heaven hath smiled on our Arms and crowned them with signal success ; and we may upon the best grounds conclude, that by a spirited continuance of the measures necessary for our defence we shall finally obtain the end of our warfare — Independence — Liberty and Peace — These are blessings worth contending for at every hazard — but we hazard nothing.
Página 78 - Heaven has smiled on our arms and crowned them with signal success; and we may upon the best grounds conclude, that, by a spirited continuance of the measures necessary for our defence, we shall finally obtain the end of our warfare, independence, liberty, and peace. These are blessings worth contending for at every hazard. But we hazard nothing. The power of America alone, duly exerted, would have nothing to dread from the force of Britain.
Página 78 - These cogent reasons have determined the General to take post in the neighbourhood of this camp; and, influenced by them, he persuades himself that the officers and soldiers, with one heart and one mind, will resolve to surmount every difficulty, with a fortitude and patience becoming their profession, and the sacred cause in which they are engaged. He himself will share in the hardships and partake of every inconvenience.