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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... frigate blown up , p . 325. The Mischianza in honor of Sir W. Howe , p . 327. The marquis de la Fayette , with 2500 men , narrowly escapes being cut off by the British forces , ibid . LETTER XI , P. 328-343 . The conduct of the French ...
... frigate blown up , p . 325. The Mischianza in honor of Sir W. Howe , p . 327. The marquis de la Fayette , with 2500 men , narrowly escapes being cut off by the British forces , ibid . LETTER XI , P. 328-343 . The conduct of the French ...
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... frigates and to the merchant ships which wintered in the harbor , four hundred and fifty ; in all , fifteen hundred and twenty . The general was at the head of upwards of eight hundred ment only so small was the force he brought with ...
... frigates and to the merchant ships which wintered in the harbor , four hundred and fifty ; in all , fifteen hundred and twenty . The general was at the head of upwards of eight hundred ment only so small was the force he brought with ...
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... frigate arrived from Great- Britain . Soon after , the captain sent a flag of truce , and de- manded to be informed whether his majesty's ships of war would be supplied from the shore with provisions : the reply was in the negative ...
... frigate arrived from Great- Britain . Soon after , the captain sent a flag of truce , and de- manded to be informed whether his majesty's ships of war would be supplied from the shore with provisions : the reply was in the negative ...
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... frigate , from Great - Britain arrived , and was soon followed by the Iris of 5b guns , and the Martin sloop , with succours . They had , by the zeal and activity of the officers and crews , forced their way through the ice while the ...
... frigate , from Great - Britain arrived , and was soon followed by the Iris of 5b guns , and the Martin sloop , with succours . They had , by the zeal and activity of the officers and crews , forced their way through the ice while the ...
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... frigates now building , the Effingham . The names of the rest are , the Con- gress , Randolph , Hancock , Washington , Trumbull , Raleigh , Montgomery , Warren , Boston , Virginia , Providence and De- laware . [ June 7. ] Certain ...
... frigates now building , the Effingham . The names of the rest are , the Con- gress , Randolph , Hancock , Washington , Trumbull , Raleigh , Montgomery , Warren , Boston , Virginia , Providence and De- laware . [ June 7. ] Certain ...
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