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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... necessary to our salvation ; and if it meets with your approbation , the sooner it is entered upon the better - indeed the delay of a single day may be fatal . " Mr. John Adams being at Watertown with the general court , gen ...
... necessary to our salvation ; and if it meets with your approbation , the sooner it is entered upon the better - indeed the delay of a single day may be fatal . " Mr. John Adams being at Watertown with the general court , gen ...
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... necessary to our salvation . " Many of the New York provincial congress ( if not the majority ) were adjudged real tories , some so deemed might be only timed whigs . By the 22d . gen . Lee had collected at Stamford 1200 Connecticut ...
... necessary to our salvation . " Many of the New York provincial congress ( if not the majority ) were adjudged real tories , some so deemed might be only timed whigs . By the 22d . gen . Lee had collected at Stamford 1200 Connecticut ...
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William Gordon. " that the cannon and such other stores as are not necessary for the fleet , be landed and left at New - London ; and that such of the cannon and wheels as governor Trumbull shall direct , may be employed for the defence ...
William Gordon. " that the cannon and such other stores as are not necessary for the fleet , be landed and left at New - London ; and that such of the cannon and wheels as governor Trumbull shall direct , may be employed for the defence ...
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... necessary to speak a few words on the subject . He said , he understood that the idea of taxation was entirely given up , and that being the case , it was absolutely necessary to secure the constitutional dependence of that country ...
... necessary to speak a few words on the subject . He said , he understood that the idea of taxation was entirely given up , and that being the case , it was absolutely necessary to secure the constitutional dependence of that country ...
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... necessary to defray the extraordinary expences from the com- mencement of March the preceding year , to the end of last January . This information excited one of the most violent storms of opposition ever known . " Never , said they ...
... necessary to defray the extraordinary expences from the com- mencement of March the preceding year , to the end of last January . This information excited one of the most violent storms of opposition ever known . " Never , said they ...
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