American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Commission of Sir Edmund Andros (April 7, 1688) for the Dominion of New England: <We do hereby give and grant unto you the said Sir Edmund Andros...full power...to levy arm muster command...all persons...within our said Territory...of New England, and, as occasion shall serve, them to transfers from one place to another for the resisting and withstanding all enemies pirates and rebels, both at land and sea, and to transfers such forces to any of our Plantations in America...for the defense of the same against the invasion or attempt of any of our enemies, and then, if occasion shall require to pursue...

Virginia Governor Francis Howard (1686) of Effingham and William Fitzhugh attempted to persuade French refugee Durand de Dauphine to lead Protestant Huguenots to Virginia, as Durand de Dauphine noted: <I would have to settle further back & be among the savages, who, he added, are not greatly to be feared, but there is some inconvenience owing to the fact that only small boats can sail up the rivers in the back country so one could not trade by water. For this reason, as there are vast tracts of land for sale very cheap, very good & among Christians, he advised me...

Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685-July 28, 1750) was a German composer, considered the "master of masters," combining the polyphonic tradition of Baroque music with harmonic innovations. He held positions at the court of the Duke of Weimar, the court of Prince Leopold of Kothen, and directed music at St. Thomas's School at Leipzig. The majority of his choral works are of religious inspiration, as seen in his over 200 cantatas, including Passion According to St. Matthew Passion, Passion According to St. John Passion, B Minor Mass and Christmas Oratorio. His great organ and keyboard works include The Well-Tempered Clavier and...

George Frederick Handel (February 23, 1685-April 14, 1759) was a German-born musical composer who settled in England, 1712, considered one of the foremost composers of the baroque era. He is renowned for having written the immortal oratorio, Messiah, 1742, completed in just twenty-five days. Written for the benefit program of the Dublin Foundling Hospital, this oratorio was so stirring that when King George II heard the "Hallelujah Chorus," he rose to his feet, at which point the entire audience stood. George Frederick Handel wrote oratorios, operas, organ concertos, orchestra concertos, as well as music for the wind instruments, harpsichord and drums....

Fundamental Constitutions of East New Jersey (1683): <3...the election shall be after this manner, the names of all the persons qualified in each county...shall be put in a box, and fifty shall be taken out by a boy under ten years of age...These nominators first solemnly declaring before the sheriff, that they shall not name any known to them to be guilty for the time, or to have been guilty for a year before, of adultery, whoredom, drunkeness, or any such immorality, or who is insolvent or a fool... 16. All persons living in the Province who confess and acknowledge...