The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Band 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... York .... Measures leading to Independence .... Independence declared . CHAPTER VII . Lord and sir William Howe ... island .... Battle of Brooklyn and evacuation of Long island .... Fruitless negotiations .... New York evacuated ...
... York .... Measures leading to Independence .... Independence declared . CHAPTER VII . Lord and sir William Howe ... island .... Battle of Brooklyn and evacuation of Long island .... Fruitless negotiations .... New York evacuated ...
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... York island , except fort Washington .... Both armies move towards the White Plains .... Battle of the White Plains .... The British army returns to King's bridge , and gene- ral Washington with a part of his army crosses the North ...
... York island , except fort Washington .... Both armies move towards the White Plains .... Battle of the White Plains .... The British army returns to King's bridge , and gene- ral Washington with a part of his army crosses the North ...
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... Island , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , the three lower counties on the New York . Delaware , Maryland , and South Carolina , as- sembled at New York ; and Timothy Ruggles , esq . of Massachussetts , having been ...
... Island , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , the three lower counties on the New York . Delaware , Maryland , and South Carolina , as- sembled at New York ; and Timothy Ruggles , esq . of Massachussetts , having been ...
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... .. Massachussetts Bay .................. Connecticut ........... .. $ 124,069 434,244 Rhode Island .................................... .. ........................... ..248,139 New York .......... ...................
... .. Massachussetts Bay .................. Connecticut ........... .. $ 124,069 434,244 Rhode Island .................................... .. ........................... ..248,139 New York .......... ...................
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... York , especially on Long Island , where a party of tories were said to be embodying themselves , than in any other colony , and this was believed to furnish a motive for taking possession of that country , by no means without its ...
... York , especially on Long Island , where a party of tories were said to be embodying themselves , than in any other colony , and this was believed to furnish a motive for taking possession of that country , by no means without its ...
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