History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political, and Moral Observations : in Three VolumesManning and Loring, 1805 |
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... against the Board of Admiralty . - Sir Hyde Parker refigns his Commiffion . - Motion for an Address for Peace , by General Conway . - Refignation of Lord George Germaine - Created a Peer of the Realm.- Lord North refigns - Some Traits ...
... against the Board of Admiralty . - Sir Hyde Parker refigns his Commiffion . - Motion for an Address for Peace , by General Conway . - Refignation of Lord George Germaine - Created a Peer of the Realm.- Lord North refigns - Some Traits ...
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... against every difcouragement , until he fhould receive the needful affiftance , which another British fleet , and the addition of a body of troops headed by himfelf , would fecure , These flattering affurances and preffing en- treaties ...
... against every difcouragement , until he fhould receive the needful affiftance , which another British fleet , and the addition of a body of troops headed by himfelf , would fecure , These flattering affurances and preffing en- treaties ...
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... against him ; this was rejected ; his veracity difputed by the minifter ; and his de- tention juftified by lord Mansfield , as legal , pol- itic , and neceffary , to prevent the accomplish- ment of his pernicious projects . * By a ...
... against him ; this was rejected ; his veracity difputed by the minifter ; and his de- tention juftified by lord Mansfield , as legal , pol- itic , and neceffary , to prevent the accomplish- ment of his pernicious projects . * By a ...
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... against whom they had made every exertion , both by their influ- ence and their arms . After the return of the Bonetta , as ftipulated , fhe alfo was to be deliv- ered at the order of the French admiral . The delay of reinforcements ...
... against whom they had made every exertion , both by their influ- ence and their arms . After the return of the Bonetta , as ftipulated , fhe alfo was to be deliv- ered at the order of the French admiral . The delay of reinforcements ...
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... against the combined force of an American army under general Lincoln , and a French fleet commanded by the count de Ef- taing . The fum of lord Maitland's fpeech in the British parliament , on his return to England af- terwards , was ...
... against the combined force of an American army under general Lincoln , and a French fleet commanded by the count de Ef- taing . The fum of lord Maitland's fpeech in the British parliament , on his return to England af- terwards , was ...
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Seite 308 - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
Seite 449 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Seite 451 - ... any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Seite 448 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Seite 231 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Seite 449 - Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Philipeaux, to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods...
Seite 451 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present War ; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property...
Seite 450 - IT is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Seite 448 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Seite 310 - Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of -the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies...