American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

James McGready (c.1758-February 1817) was a pastor of a congregation in Orange County, North Carolina, 1790, and three small congregations in Logan County, Kentucky, 1796. His ministry contributed to the great revivals of 1797, 1798, and 1799, which preceded the Great Revival of 1800. In 1811, he pioneered churches in South Indiana. James McGready wrote A Short Narrative of the Revival of Religion in Logan County in the State of Kentucky and the Adjacent Settlements in the State of Tennessee from May 1797 until 1800. In 1797, James McGready, together with others in Kentucky, agreed: <Therefore, we bind ourselves to...

Richard Johnson (1757-1827) was the first chaplain to the Colony of New South Wales in Australia. Recommended to that position by William Wilberforce and the Rev. John Newton, Richard Johnson, and his wife, Mary Burton, sailed with the First Fleet on May 13, 1787. On January 26, 1788, Governor Arthur Phillip and Captain John Hunter directed the Fleet up harbor to Sydney amidst warlike demonstrations by the natives from the shore. Upon their landing, they raised the British flag, toasted their Majesties and gave a gun salute. On Sunday, February 3, 1788, Chaplain Richard Johnson preached his first sermon under a...

Marquis de Lafayette (September 6, 1757-May 20, 1834) was a descendant of one of the oldest French families, with ancestors who fought in the Crusades and alongside of Joan of Arc. His father died when he was a child, and when he was a youth, he was trained in the French Military. At age 19, Marquis de Lafayette purchased a ship and sailed to America, arriving June 13, 1777. He was appointed a Major General in the Continental Army, though he paid his own expenses. Lafayette endured the freezing winter at Valley Forge, was wounded at Brandywine, and fought with distinction...

Virginia House of Burgesses (1756) ordinance of Williamsburg, An Act for Disarming Papists: <Due to the French and Indian War, "Papists were dangerous at this time" and required to surrender their arms and ammunition, on penalty of three months' imprisonment, the loss of their arms, and fine, and not own a horse "above the value of £5, on pain of forfeiture."> 1756VA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1756VA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Virginia Ordinances, 1756, of the House of Burgesses, Williamsburg, An Act for Disarming Papists.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756-December 5, 1791) was a master German musical composer and pianist. Living only till the age of 35, Mozart has forever earned a place as one the most renowned geniuses in the history of music. One of the events that influenced his work was meeting the composer, Franz Josef Haydn. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed over 600 works for royalty all across Europe, including: symphonies, operas, concertos, sonatas, and choral and chamber pieces. On July 3, 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote from Paris to a friend: <Mourn with me! This has been the most melancholy day...