 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 294 pages
...Mathematics enough to undertake a Friends' Academy in Philadelphia, which he conducted with credit, lie was an ardent republican, and immediately upon the...his post of Secretary with every Congress till the c!o«c of the war, and was chosen as the person to inform Washington at Mount Vernon of his nomination... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...Adams at the time, in his Diary, describes him аз " the Sam. Adams of Philadelphia, the life of tho cause of liberty."* He retained his post of Secretary...chosen as the person to inform Washington at Mount Vcrnon of his nomination to the Presidency. His services to Congress were very efficient, and the repute... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 704 pages
...upon the assembling of the old Continental Congress of 1774, was chosen its secretary. John Adarns at the time, in his Diary, describes him as " the...gained him the name with the Indians of " The Man of Truth."t The Rev. Aslibel Green, President of the College of New Jersey, in his Autobiography, savs... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 894 pages
...continental congress, was elected its secretary. John Adams speaks of him in his " Diary" at that time as "the Sam. Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty." Ho remained secretary until the close of the war, and was chosen to inform Washington of his nomination... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - Portraits, American - 1862 - 688 pages
...to at Philadelphia is Challes Thomson, the perpetual Secretary of Congress, whom he understands is "the Sam Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty ;" a valuable testimony this, by the way, if he needed such, to the popular estimate of his associate.... | |
 | William Vincent Wells - United States - 1865 - 534 pages
...and John Adams, describing prominent characters in Philadelphia, saying, " This Charles Thomson is the Sam Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty, they say." In fact, nearly every one of the Colonies outside of New England has found in history or... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 pages
...was chosen its secretary. John Adams at the time, iu his Diary, describes him as " the Sam. Adams ;>f Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty.''*...Congress till the close of the war, and was chosen as the per-on to inform Washington at Mount Vernon of his nomination to the Presidency. His services to Congress... | |
 | William Cornelius Reichel - Indians of North America - 1870 - 392 pages
...Thomson, the American patriot, who in 1774 was elected Secretary to Congress, whom John Adams styled the " Sam Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty," and whose last literary labor was a translation of the Septuagint, which was published, in 4 vols.,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1871 - 832 pages
...d. in Lower Merion, near Philadelphia, Aug. 16, 1824, in his 95th year. John Adams (Works, ii. 358) describes him as "the Sam. Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty ;" and among the Indians he was known as " The Man of Truth." 1. An Enquiry into the Causes of the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1871 - 836 pages
...d. in Lower Merion, near Philadelphia, Aug. 16, 1824, in his 95th year. John Adams (Works, ii. 358) describes him as "the Sam. Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the eausc of liberty ;" and among the Indians he was known as " The Man of Truth." 1. An Enquiry into the... | |
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the Sam. Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty. 
