Author: Robert Bennet ForbesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781293329306
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The Voyage of the Jamestown on Her Errand of Mercy - Primary Source Edition
Author: Robert Bennet ForbesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781293329306
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The Voyage of the Jamestown on Her Errand of Mercy
Author: Robert Bennet ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
An account of the preparations for and the actual voyage of the U.S.S. Jamestown in March, 1847, that was carrying relief provisions collected from Boston and other New England merchants for the famine-stricken residents of Ireland. Robert Bennet Forbes was appointed by the New England Committee for the Relief of Ireland and Scotland to command this relief mission, and he lent the U.S.S. Jamestown for that purpose.
The Voyage of the Jamestown on Her Errand of Mercy (Classic Reprint)
Author: Robert Bennet ForbesPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259907367
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Excerpt from The Voyage of the Jamestown on Her Errand of Mercy Sour. Explanation seems to be necessary for so long delaying the publication in full of the thanks of the warm hearted people in Ire land who addressed me on the part of the contributors in New Eng land. The publication has been delayed in hopes to add to the other documents, the report of the Committee at Cork, but I do not deem it expedient longer to wait for this, as it will no doubt appear in the report of the Committee of Distribution which will doubtless be made as soon as the funds are all appropriated and the account closed. It may also be considered necessary to offer some apology for print ing so much; to render the record complete, and to transmit fully the feeling of the Irish people, less could not have been printed, and al though much of what appears here, has been before the public in the newspapers, I have deemed it proper to publish the whole together. 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.
The Voyage of the Jamestown on Her Errand of Mercy
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780371284537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
The Voyage of the Jamestown on Her Errand of Mercy
Author: Robert ForbesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781494498283
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
HAVING promised, perhaps rashly, to publish a narrative of the voyage of the Jamestown, I shall endeavor to make it as simple and concise as the case will admit, leaving out all extraneous matter not necessary to complete the record of the voyage. As I have not leisure or talent, to write a sentimental journal, I shall not attempt it.To use the language of the Boston Post, "As this vessel is associated with one of the noblest charities on record," a sketch of her voyage will be interesting to many, and particularly to the kind and sympathising Americans who have so generously contributed, as well as to our trans-atlantic friends who have so kindly and gratefully received their donations.As weighing the anchor, is generally the most difficult process in starting on a voyage, so writing an introduction, I conclude to be, the most difficult part of writing a narrative. I had got thus far, when I fortunately received a note, which will enable me to get under weigh, from the Rev. R. C. Waterston, stating that in looking over the records at Plymouth, his attention was called by Rev. Dr. Kendall (whose ordination took place in 1800) to the following, under date March 1676."The order and distribution of this colony's contributions, made by divers Christians in Ireland, for the relief of such as are impoverished, distressed and in necessity by the late Indian war, was as respects this colony apportioned as followeth:"An account of this donation, amounting to one hundred and twenty-four pounds ten shillings, apportioned among fourteen towns on the Cape, may be found in "Morton's New England Memorial," edited by the late Judge Davis, pages 459, 60, 61, where it is written, "The donation from Ireland is a gratifying instance of the generous influence of Christian sympathies, and is supposed to have been procured, by the exertions of the Rev. Nathaniel Mather, at that time a minister of the Congregational denomination in Dublin."
The Voyage of the Jamestown on Her Errand of Mercy
Author: Robert Bennet ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
An account of the preparations for and the actual voyage of the U.S.S. Jamestown in March, 1847, that was carrying relief provisions collected from Boston and other New England merchants for the famine-stricken residents of Ireland. Robert Bennet Forbes was appointed by the New England Committee for the Relief of Ireland and Scotland to command this relief mission, and he lent the U.S.S. Jamestown for that purpose.
A City So Grand
Author: Stephen PuleoPublisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807050458
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
A lively history of Boston’s emergence as a world-class city—home to the likes of Frederick Douglass and Alexander Graham Bell—by a beloved Bostonian historian “It’s been quite a while since I’ve read anything—fiction or nonfiction—so enthralling.”—Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island Once upon a time, “Boston Town” was an insulated New England township. But the community was destined for greatness. Between 1850 and 1900, Boston underwent a stunning metamorphosis to emerge as one of the world’s great metropolises—one that achieved national and international prominence in politics, medicine, education, science, social activism, literature, commerce, and transportation. Long before the frustrations of our modern era, in which the notion of accomplishing great things often appears overwhelming or even impossible, Boston distinguished itself in the last half of the nineteenth century by proving it could tackle and overcome the most arduous of challenges and obstacles with repeated—and often resounding—success, becoming a city of vision and daring. In A City So Grand, Stephen Puleo chronicles this remarkable period in Boston’s history, in his trademark page-turning style. Our journey begins with the ferocity of the abolitionist movement of the 1850s and ends with the glorious opening of America’s first subway station, in 1897. In between we witness the thirty-five-year engineering and city-planning feat of the Back Bay project, Boston’s explosion in size through immigration and annexation, the devastating Great Fire of 1872 and subsequent rebuilding of downtown, and Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone utterance in 1876 from his lab at Exeter Place. These lively stories and many more paint an extraordinary portrait of a half century of progress, leadership, and influence that turned a New England town into a world-class city, giving us the Boston we know today.
The North American Review
Author: Jared SparksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.
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