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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... officers . The western frontiers were exposed to the favages ; and the negroes might be prevailed upon , by infinuations , to flay their mafters . The governor had the command of the militia ; and alt the officers had their commiffions ...
... officers . The western frontiers were exposed to the favages ; and the negroes might be prevailed upon , by infinuations , to flay their mafters . The governor had the command of the militia ; and alt the officers had their commiffions ...
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... officers included , to march early in the morning for Skeenfborough , and fecure major Skeen , his negroes and tenants . This council might have been occafioned by the return of captain Noah Phelps , who the day before , having ...
... officers included , to march early in the morning for Skeenfborough , and fecure major Skeen , his negroes and tenants . This council might have been occafioned by the return of captain Noah Phelps , who the day before , having ...
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... officer of the day to affift . The officers , in general , had left the camp , in order to raise the wanted number of The colonel was obliged therefore , for the time mentioned , to patrole the guards every night , which gave him a ...
... officer of the day to affift . The officers , in general , had left the camp , in order to raise the wanted number of The colonel was obliged therefore , for the time mentioned , to patrole the guards every night , which gave him a ...
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... officers did not fcruple to make false returns for their own emolument . The large proportion of them fhows that the regiments were far from being full , or were much over - officered . Seve- ral of the Maffachufetts officers are ...
... officers did not fcruple to make false returns for their own emolument . The large proportion of them fhows that the regiments were far from being full , or were much over - officered . Seve- ral of the Maffachufetts officers are ...
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... officers fay , " It is down- right butchery to lead the men on afresh against the lines . " But British honor is at ftake : these must therefore be carried . General Howe and the officers General Clinton perceiving how double their ...
... officers fay , " It is down- right butchery to lead the men on afresh against the lines . " But British honor is at ftake : these must therefore be carried . General Howe and the officers General Clinton perceiving how double their ...
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