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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... night after the old troops went off , I could not have mustered : seven hundred men , notwithstanding the returns of the new in- listed troops amounted to nineteen hundred and upward . I am now strong enough to defend myself against all ...
... night after the old troops went off , I could not have mustered : seven hundred men , notwithstanding the returns of the new in- listed troops amounted to nineteen hundred and upward . I am now strong enough to defend myself against all ...
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... night . Gen. Clinton sailed from Boston on the 19th , with a number of grenadiers and light infantry , as supposed for Virginia . He touched at the Hook , probably to consult gov . Tryon , and see whether any thing effec- tual could be ...
... night . Gen. Clinton sailed from Boston on the 19th , with a number of grenadiers and light infantry , as supposed for Virginia . He touched at the Hook , probably to consult gov . Tryon , and see whether any thing effec- tual could be ...
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... night to reconsider the matter , after which he would receive no proposals . At twelve an answer came from Sir John , in behalf of himself , the inhabitants of Kingsborough , and the neighbouring adjacent . It was agreed to deliver up ...
... night to reconsider the matter , after which he would receive no proposals . At twelve an answer came from Sir John , in behalf of himself , the inhabitants of Kingsborough , and the neighbouring adjacent . It was agreed to deliver up ...
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... night , getting ready for an attack with a large body of troops . He expected , that the burning of the houses would occasion such an alarm , as to put the American officers upon sending from Roxbury lines a large reinforcement , and ...
... night , getting ready for an attack with a large body of troops . He expected , that the burning of the houses would occasion such an alarm , as to put the American officers upon sending from Roxbury lines a large reinforcement , and ...
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... night , and supported it in opposition to the contrary sentiment of general Gates , who for some reasons deemed it an improper time . After a debate it was carried for that night by a majority of one . It was included , that several ...
... night , and supported it in opposition to the contrary sentiment of general Gates , who for some reasons deemed it an improper time . After a debate it was carried for that night by a majority of one . It was included , that several ...
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