The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Band 2Samuel Campbell, no. 124, Pearl-street, 1801 "The following work is not confined to the contest between Great Britain and the United States of America, but includes all the other parts of the war which originated from that contest. ... The form of letters, instead of chapters, is not altogether imaginary, as the author, from his arrival in America in 1770, maintained a correspondence with gentlemen in London, Rotterdam and Paris, answering in general to the prefixed dates."--Preface. |
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... fire at New - York , p . 113. Great animosities in the American army , ibid . Congress adopt a new code for the government of the army , p . 114. General Howe lands on Frog's - Neck , p . 116. The Americans , by the advice of general ...
... fire at New - York , p . 113. Great animosities in the American army , ibid . Congress adopt a new code for the government of the army , p . 114. General Howe lands on Frog's - Neck , p . 116. The Americans , by the advice of general ...
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... fire in consequence of my coming , I will chain a hun- dred of their friends together by the neck , and make the house their funeral pile . " He would in all likelihood , have retaliated in some formidable manner . While Clinton ...
... fire in consequence of my coming , I will chain a hun- dred of their friends together by the neck , and make the house their funeral pile . " He would in all likelihood , have retaliated in some formidable manner . While Clinton ...
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... fire of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition confounded the amusement carrying on in Boston , at the same instant . The British soldiers were much afflicted with sickness and the scurvy , occasioned by the want of vegetables ...
... fire of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition confounded the amusement carrying on in Boston , at the same instant . The British soldiers were much afflicted with sickness and the scurvy , occasioned by the want of vegetables ...
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... fire of the enemy from the walls , which kills and wounds numbers , without their being able in the least to annoy them . The field piece not coming up , the advanced party with capt . Morgan's company attack the battery , some firing ...
... fire of the enemy from the walls , which kills and wounds numbers , without their being able in the least to annoy them . The field piece not coming up , the advanced party with capt . Morgan's company attack the battery , some firing ...
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... fire for some time ; but as the party , which sallied out of pa- lace gate , comes upon the rear of the assailants , and the number of these is greatly lessened by killed and wounded , it is thought best to retreat to the first battery ...
... fire for some time ; but as the party , which sallied out of pa- lace gate , comes upon the rear of the assailants , and the number of these is greatly lessened by killed and wounded , it is thought best to retreat to the first battery ...
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admiral Keppel Ameri Americans appointed arms arrived artillery attack batteaux boats body Boston brigade British Burgoyne camp cannon capt captain carried Clinton colonel colonies commander in chief commissioners committee conduct congress continental corps count d'Estaing court declaration defence detachment enemy enemy's engaged expedition expence fire fleet force Fort Edward Fort Montgomery France French frigates garrison Gates Great-Britain gress guns Hessians honor Hugh Palliser hundred immediately Indians inhabitants island joined killed land letter lieut light-infantry lord lord Cornwallis majesty marquis ment miles militia morning neral New-York night North-River o'clock obliged occasion officers party passed persons Philadelphia plunder possession present prisoners privates provisions rear received regiment resolved retreat river royal army sailed Scuyler secured sent ships side Silas Deane soldiers soon South-Carolina taken tion took town treaty troops Tryon county United vessels Washington whole wounded