Woo hoo!! Our 2nd quarter FReepathon is well underway!! [thread III]

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Woo hoo!! Our 2nd quarter FReepathon is well underway!!

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Washington’s General Orders to the troops, Valley Forge Sunday, March 1, 1778:

The Commander in Chief again takes occasion to return his warmest thanks to the virtuous officers and soldiery of this Army for that persevering fidelity and Zeal which they have uniformly manifested in all their conduct. Their fortitude not only under the common hardships incident to a military life but also under the additional sufferings to which the peculiar situation of these States have exposed them, clearly proves them worthy of the enviable privilege of contending for the rights of human nature, the Freedom and Independence of their Country. The recent Instance of uncomplaining Patience during the scarcity of provisions in Camp is a fresh proof that they possess in an eminent degree the spirit of soldiers and the magnanimity of Patriots. The few refractory individuals who disgrace themselves by murmurs it to be hoped have repented such unmanly behaviour, and resolved to emulate the noble example of their associates upon every trial which the customary casualties of war may hereafter throw their way. Occasional distress for want of provisions and other necessaries is a spectacle that frequently occurs in every army and perhaps there never was one which has been in general so plentifully supplied in respect to the former as ours. Surely we who are free Citizens in arms engaged in a struggle for every thing valuable in society and partaking in the glorious task of laying the foundation of an Empire, should scorn effeminately to shrink under those accidents and rigours of War which mercenary hirelings fighting in the cause of lawless ambition, rapine and devastation, encounter with cheerfulness and alacrity, we should not be merely equal, we should be superior to them in every qualification that dignifies the man or the soldier in proportion as the motive from which we act and the final hopes of our Toils, are superior to theirs. Thank Heaven! our Country abounds with provision and with prudent management we need not apprehend want for any length of time. Defects in the Commissaries department, Contingencies of weather and other temporary impediments have subjected and may again subject us to a deficiency for a few days, but soldiers! American soldiers! will despise the meanness of repining at such trifling strokes of Adversity, trifling indeed when compared to the transcendent Prize which will undoubtedly crown their Patience and Perseverance, Glory and Freedom, Peace and Plenty to themselves and the Community; The Admiration of the World, the Love of their Country and the Gratitude of Posterity!

Your General unceasingly employs his thoughts on the means of relieving your distresses, supplying your wants and bringing you labours to a speedy and prosperous issue. Our Parent Country he hopes will second his endeavors by the most vigorous exertions and he is convinced the faithful officers and soldiers associated with him in the great work of rescuing our Country from Bondage and Misery will continue in the display of that patriotic zeal which is capable of smoothing every difficulty and vanquishing every Obstacle.

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Washington's Order Against Profanity

The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice hitherto little known in our American Army is growing into fashion. He hopes that the officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavor to check it and that both they and the men will reflect that we can little hope of the blessing of Heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly. Added to this it is a vice so mean and low without any temptation that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.

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"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves. "

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"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American...[T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."

Tench Coxe, Economist, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Commissioner of Revenue of the United States.

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"When I went home to my family in May, 1770, from the town meeting in Boston, which was the first I had ever attended, and where I had been chosen in my absence, without any solicitation, one of their representatives, I said to my wife, "I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning, that you may prepare your mind for your fate."

She burst into tears, but instantly cried out in a transport of magnanimity, "Well, I am willing in this cause to run all risks with you, and be ruined with you, if you are ruined."

These were times, my friend, in Boston, which tried women's souls as well as men's. "

~John Adams

Letter to Benjamin Rush April 12, 1809.

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"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust their people with arms." James Madison

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The title page of Robert Aitken’s Bible, which was printed in Philadelphia in 1782.

Aitken's Bible Endorsed by Congress

The war with Britain cut off the supply of Bibles to the United States with the result that on Sept. 11, 1777, Congress instructed its Committee of Commerce to import 20,000 Bibles from "Scotland, Holland or elsewhere." On January 21, 1781, Philadelphia printer Robert Aitken (1734-1802) petitioned Congress to officially sanction a publication of the Old and New Testament which he was preparing at his own expense. Congress "highly approve the pious and laudable undertaking of Mr. Aitken, as subservient to the interest of religion . . . in this country, and . . . they recommend this edition of the bible to the inhabitants of the United States." This resolution was a result of Aitken's successful accomplishment of his project.

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High, high, high, Trish!

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Christianizing the Delawares

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In this resolution, Congress makes public lands available to a group for religious purposes. Responding to a plea from Bishop John Ettwein (1721-1802), Congress voted that 10,000 acres on the Muskingum River in the present state of Ohio "be set apart and the property thereof be vested in the Moravian Brethren . . . or a society of the said Brethren for civilizing the Indians and promoting Christianity." The Delaware Indians were the intended beneficiaries of this Congressional resolution.

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“…the principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by its authority. The man therefore who weakens or destroys the divine authority of that book may be accessory to all the public disorders which society is doomed to suffer…” Noah Webster

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   2013 Q2 Scoreboard — ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts			Monthlies
		Total	#	Avg/Per	Total	#	Avg/Per
1	California	$517.00	10	$51.70	$993.00	69	$14.39
2	Alaska	430.00	2	215.00	100.00	3	33.33
3	Arkansas	360.00	1	360.00	145.00	7	20.71
4	Alabama	350.00	6	58.33	275.00	14	19.64
5	Texas	325.00	12	27.08	1,106.50	68	16.27
6	Louisiana	300.00	1	300.00	113.00	8	14.12
7	Virginia	235.00	7	33.57	452.00	28	16.14
8	Florida	180.00	8	22.50	855.00	50	17.10
9	Pennsylvania	145.00	4	36.25	215.00	16	13.44
10	Mississippi	131.00	2	65.50	191.00	8	23.88
11	Minnesota	125.00	6	20.83	215.00	15	14.33
12	Nevada	120.00	2	60.00	70.00	6	11.67
13	Georgia	101.00	2	50.50	145.00	14	10.36
14	Colorado	100.00	5	20.00	270.00	15	18.00
15	South Carolina	100.00	1	100.00	110.00	9	12.22
16	Tennessee	97.50	4	24.38	145.00	12	12.08
17	Ohio	86.00	3	28.67	301.00	22	13.68
18	Indiana	80.00	4	20.00	165.00	14	11.79
19	New York	80.00	5	16.00	245.00	19	12.89
20	Missouri	75.00	3	25.00	160.00	12	13.33
21	Illinois	75.00	4	18.75	221.00	13	17.00
22	Arizona	70.00	3	23.33	225.00	14	16.07
23	Maryland	70.00	4	17.50	292.50	16	18.28
24	Vermont	70.00	2	35.00	70.00	3	23.33
25	Montana	60.00	2	30.00	15.00	2	7.50
26	Oklahoma	60.00	3	20.00	230.00	11	20.91
27	Kentucky	40.00	1	40.00	50.00	2	25.00
28	Utah	40.00	2	20.00	70.00	3	23.33
29	Hawaii	35.00	2	17.50	140.00	8	17.50
30	New Jersey	30.00	2	15.00	60.00	4	15.00
31	Oregon	30.00	3	10.00	120.00	8	15.00
32	Wisconsin	20.00	1	20.00	157.00	9	17.44
33	Germany	20.00	1	20.00
34	New Mexico	20.00	1	20.00	70.00	5	14.00
35	South Dakota	20.00	1	20.00	25.00	3	8.33
36	Washington	15.00	1	15.00	285.00	16	17.81
37	Kansas	10.00	1	10.00	135.00	11	12.27
38	Michigan	10.00	1	10.00	161.67	10	16.17
39	New Hampshire	10.00	1	10.00	90.00	5	18.00
40	Israel	10.00	1	10.00
	North Carolina				365.00	19	19.21
	Massachusetts				221.00	13	17.00
	Idaho				65.00	5	13.00
	West Virginia				65.00	2	32.50
	Connecticut				50.00	4	12.50
	Iowa				40.00	2	20.00
	Canada				35.00	3	11.67
	Rhode Island				30.00	1	30.00
	Nebraska				30.00	3	10.00
	United Kingdom				30.00	1	30.00
	Maine				27.00	2	13.50
	Norway				20.00	1	20.00
	District of Columbia				10.00	1	10.00
	Delaware				10.00	1	10.00
	Wyoming				10.00	1	10.00
	Armed Forces - Pacific				5.00	1	5.00
Never Never Land		50.00	2	25.00	750.00	66	11.36
57 locations total		$4,702.50	127	$37.03	$10,451.67	678	$15.42

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