American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Continental Congress (July 19, 1775) as recorded in the Journals of Congress, resolved: <Agreed, The Congress meet here to Morrow morning, at half after 9 o'clock, in order to attend divine service at Mr. Duche's' Church; and that in the afternoon they meet here to go from this place and attend divine service at Doctr Allison's church.> 1775CC004 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1775CC004. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Continental Congress, April 15, 1775. The Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office,...

Liberty Tree Flag (1776) was adopted by the Massachusetts Council and became the original flag that the Sons of Liberty met under just before the Boston Tea Party. It derived its name from the elm tree in Hanover Square, Boston, where the patriots first met to protest the Stamp Act. The flag is a green tree on a white background, inscribed with the words Liberty Tree and: <Appeal to God.> 1776LT001 Another variation of the New England Pine Tree Flag was what George Washington used in the fall of 1775 on his squadron of six schooners, which he outfitted at...

Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775-January 10, 1863) was a renowned Presbyterian clergyman in New England. He preached in Boston and Cincinnati, where he later became President of Lane Theological Seminary. He was the father of both Henry Ward Beecher, one of the most eloquent preachers of his time, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which greatly precipitated the abolition of slavery. In 1831, Lyman Beecher wrote in the newspaper, The Spirit of the Pilgrims: <The Government of God is the only government which will hold society, against depravity within and temptation without; and this it...

Daniel O'Connell (August 6, 1775-May 15, 1847) was an Irish patriotic leader and member of the English Parliament, 1829-47. A famous orator, Daniel O'Connell was known as "The Liberator," as he was responsible for the Catholic Emancipation Act in England: <Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong.> 1775DC001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1775DC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Daniel O'Connell. Lewis C. Henry, Best Quotations For All Occasions (Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1961), p. 179.

Georgia Provincial Congress (July 7, 1775) received from Savannah, the Provincial Governor's appointment of a Day of Fasting and Prayer: <Gentlemen: I have taken the opinion of His Majesty's Council relative to the request made by the gentlemen who have assembled together by the name of a Provincial Congress, and must premise, that I cannot consider that meeting as constitutional; but as the request is expressed in such loyal and dutiful terms, and the ends proposed being such as every good man must most ardently wish for, I will certainly appoint a day of Fasting and Prayer to be observed throughout this...