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Nothing mattered but the fixing of the splints and the carrying of the men.... John was cranking up the engine when she turned back into the house. "I say, what are you doing?" "Going for the guns." There was, she noticed, a certain longish interval between shells. John and the wounded men would be safe from shrapnel under the shelter of the wall.
On the 13th, we gained Regent's Ville, the more splendid mansion of Sir John Jamieson, which overlooks the Nepean River, and commands the most beautiful and extensive views of the Blue Mountains.
Councilmen 1st Ward William Given, George Whitelaw, Buckley Stedman. 2d Ward Alexander McIntosh, William Bingham, Samuel Williamson. 3d Ward Arthur Hughes, Abner C. Brownell, Levi Johnson. Mayor William Case. President of the Council John Gill, Aldermen John Gill, Leander M. Hubby, Abner C. Brownell, Buckley Stedman.
But he called too late, for the neglected wife died from the shock of her prince's longing message to her, and when, by the same mail, John York knew that, he would not go back to England to the King.
Thence to White Hall with him, and so walked to the old Exchange and back to Povy's to dinner, where great and good company; among others Sir John Skeffington, whom I knew at Magdalen College, a fellow-commoner, my fellow-pupil, but one with whom I had no great acquaintance, he being then, God knows, much above me. Here I was afresh delighted with Mr.
The trial proceeded in this manner for a long time, to the admiration of the whole empire, when at length I thought proper to send to my old friend and ally, Prester John, entreating him to forward to me one of the species of wild and curious birds found in his kingdom, called a Wauwau. This creature was brought over the great bridge before mentioned, from the interior of Africa, by a balloon.
All this is made evident by an important letter written by him to General John Lamb of New York, and dated at Richmond, June 9, 1788, when the convention had been in session just one week. In this letter, after some preliminary words, he says: It is matter of great consolation to find that the sentiments of a vast majority of Virginians are in unison with those of our Northern friends.
Vermont gave her seven electoral votes for the anti- Masonic candidates, William Wirt and William Ellmaker, while South Carolina bestowed her eleven electoral votes on John Floyd, of Virginia, and Henry Lee, of Massachusetts, neither of whom were nullifiers.
The daily papers sent reporters to the scene of the conflict and they remained in that vicinity several days on the lookout for further engagements. Among the reporters was John W. Sickels, a fresh young man from one of the Eastern cities.
The arrival of Uncle John was soon heralded through the house, and a warm greeting extended to him. He usually visited the city thrice a year on business, and on such occasions made his brother's house his stopping-place.
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