The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including an Account of the Late War ; and of the Thirteen Colonies, from Their Origin to that Period, Band 2Author, 1788 |
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... fire at New York , p . 330. Great animofities in the American army , p . 331. Congrefs adopt a new code for the government of the army , p . 332. General Howe lands on Frog's Neck , p . 336. The Americans , by the advice of general Lee ...
... fire at New York , p . 330. Great animofities in the American army , p . 331. Congrefs adopt a new code for the government of the army , p . 332. General Howe lands on Frog's Neck , p . 336. The Americans , by the advice of general Lee ...
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... fire 27 . arms , 634 piftols , 273 bayonets , and 38 blunderbuffes . The fame day the provincial congrefs recommended to the inhabitants of the fea - ports , the removal of their effects , & c . A circular letter was written to the ...
... fire 27 . arms , 634 piftols , 273 bayonets , and 38 blunderbuffes . The fame day the provincial congrefs recommended to the inhabitants of the fea - ports , the removal of their effects , & c . A circular letter was written to the ...
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... fire . They loft not a man , and had only three wounded , not one mortally . The regulars were faid to have suffered very much , not to have had less than two hundred killed and wounded . The lofs was , probably , greatly exag- gerated ...
... fire . They loft not a man , and had only three wounded , not one mortally . The regulars were faid to have suffered very much , not to have had less than two hundred killed and wounded . The lofs was , probably , greatly exag- gerated ...
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... fire . A demur foon afterward arofe about the mean- ing of the word effects , whether merchandise was in- cluded ; and the general , being fenfible , that the per- mitting articles of that kind to be carried out , might ftrengthen the ...
... fire . A demur foon afterward arofe about the mean- ing of the word effects , whether merchandise was in- cluded ; and the general , being fenfible , that the per- mitting articles of that kind to be carried out , might ftrengthen the ...
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... fire from the enemy's fhips , a number of floating batteries , and a fortification upon Cop's hill in Boston , directly oppofite to the little Ame- rican redoubt . It is called Cop's hill , though the ori- ginal name was Cope's hill ...
... fire from the enemy's fhips , a number of floating batteries , and a fortification upon Cop's hill in Boston , directly oppofite to the little Ame- rican redoubt . It is called Cop's hill , though the ori- ginal name was Cope's hill ...
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