American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

South Carolina History (1711) from The Original 13-A Documentary History of Religion in America's First Thirteen States (Amerisearch, Inc., 2009): <South Carolina was made a separate Colony from North Carolina. In 1629, England's Charles I granted a patent for the area of the Carolinas, but because it was never acted upon, it wasforfeited. In 1653, a small company of dissenting Quakers arrived from Virginia and began the Albemarle settlement. A few years later, New Englanders purchased land from the Indians on Cape Fear River, but later abandoned it. In 1663, Charles II granted Sir George Carteret and seven others all of...

Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (September 6, 1711-October 7, 1787) was one of the founders of the Lutheran Church in America. He was the father of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, the Lutheran clergyman who became a major general in the Continental Army and U.S. Senator. He was also father of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, a clergyman who was a member of the Continental Congress and eventually the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg pastored the Lutheran Church near Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. He commented regarding George Washington: <I heard a fine example today, namely that His...

Virginia Governor Spotwood (1710) reported: <This government is in perfect peace and tranquillity, under due obedience to royal authority and a gentlemanly conformity to the Church of England.> 1710VA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1710VA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Virginia, 1710, Governor Spotwood.

Jonathan Trumbull (October 12, 1710-August 17, 1785) was a jurist, clergyman, businessman and the British Governor of Connecticut, appointed by King George III. He was also the father of the Revolutionary artist of the same name, (1756-1843). He was a close friend of George Washington and a strong supporter of American Independence, contributing large amounts of arms, munitions, supplies, etc. On October 12, 1770, a Proclamation was given from New Haven by the Honorable Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., Governor of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New England: <Pray that God would graciously pour out His Spirit upon us and make the...

Samuel Johnson (September 18, 1709-December 13, 1784) was an English poet, essayist, critic and lexicographer. He wrote one of the first dictionaries in the English language. He was respected for his judgment, which was coupled with a probing wit. Samuel Johnson organized the London Literary Club. He wrote the poems London, 1738; The Vanity of Human Wishes, 1749; the satirical work Rasselas, 1759; an edition of Shakespeare, 1765; and the significant work, The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1779-81, wherein he gives profound critical examination of 52 English poets. In his Dictionary of the English Language, 1755, Samuel Johnson...