Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events which Produced, and Terminated in the Establishment and Independence of the American Republic ... ; to which is Prefixed a Summary Account of the First Settlement of the Country, and Some of the Principal Indian Wars ... ; to which is Added ... an Appendix, Containing a Biography of the Principal Military Officers, who Were Instrumental in Achieving Our Independence ...Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1824 - 450 Seiten |
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... fires that he came with so many boats , that we might know his strength . " Their boats are but one great tree which is burnt in the form of a trough , with gins and fire , till it be as they would have it . For an armour ( musket ) he ...
... fires that he came with so many boats , that we might know his strength . " Their boats are but one great tree which is burnt in the form of a trough , with gins and fire , till it be as they would have it . For an armour ( musket ) he ...
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... fire , and was con- sumed , with most of their provisions and lodgings . Their misfor- tunes were increased soon after , by the death of their president . Rawley Gilbert was appointed to succeed him . Lord Chief Justice Popham made ...
... fire , and was con- sumed , with most of their provisions and lodgings . Their misfor- tunes were increased soon after , by the death of their president . Rawley Gilbert was appointed to succeed him . Lord Chief Justice Popham made ...
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... fire . This unfortunate circumstance , together with the opposition he met with from those who had lately arrived , induced him to leave the colony and return to England : which he accordingly did the last of September . Francis West ...
... fire . This unfortunate circumstance , together with the opposition he met with from those who had lately arrived , induced him to leave the colony and return to England : which he accordingly did the last of September . Francis West ...
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... fire , which was continued most of the afternoon . One of the English was wounded . Two days after , five men at Saybrook were attacked in the field , one was taken prisoner , the others fled , one having five arrows in him . A ...
... fire , which was continued most of the afternoon . One of the English was wounded . Two days after , five men at Saybrook were attacked in the field , one was taken prisoner , the others fled , one having five arrows in him . A ...
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... fire , the army retired and surrounded the fort to escape was impossible ; like a herd of deer they fell before the deadly weapons of the English . The earth was soon drenched in their blood and covered with their bodies . In a few ...
... fire , the army retired and surrounded the fort to escape was impossible ; like a herd of deer they fell before the deadly weapons of the English . The earth was soon drenched in their blood and covered with their bodies . In a few ...
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