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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... post comprehended a large broad high hill . A road leads to the top of it , vifible in fome parts , to perfons at the entrance into Bofton ; it paffes over the hill and de- fcends into a hollow , from whence you can turn off , and ...
... post comprehended a large broad high hill . A road leads to the top of it , vifible in fome parts , to perfons at the entrance into Bofton ; it paffes over the hill and de- fcends into a hollow , from whence you can turn off , and ...
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... post of Roxbury , and even the poft itself ; but fince the Breed's - hill battle they have compenfated for the defect ; and to make their defence the more per- fect , have pulled down a very good houfe , ( on a point where the road ...
... post of Roxbury , and even the poft itself ; but fince the Breed's - hill battle they have compenfated for the defect ; and to make their defence the more per- fect , have pulled down a very good houfe , ( on a point where the road ...
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... post- poned ; and yet they could not prevent the affigning of a day to confider it . Some little time before , he had converfed with another gentleman , probably a Virginia delegate , about a confederation ; when they agreed it ' must ...
... post- poned ; and yet they could not prevent the affigning of a day to confider it . Some little time before , he had converfed with another gentleman , probably a Virginia delegate , about a confederation ; when they agreed it ' must ...
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... in the power of hiftory to furnish a cafe like ours - to maintain a post within mufket fhot of the enemy for fix months together without ( powder , he he avoided inferting the word , left the letter fhould 172 THE HISTORY OF THE.
... in the power of hiftory to furnish a cafe like ours - to maintain a post within mufket fhot of the enemy for fix months together without ( powder , he he avoided inferting the word , left the letter fhould 172 THE HISTORY OF THE.
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... post . The troops did not arrive at the feveral places of deftina- tion till near morning : but when arrived , were active and alert in the highest degree . The cannon were foon 14. planted , and a fhot from Long Island announced their ...
... post . The troops did not arrive at the feveral places of deftina- tion till near morning : but when arrived , were active and alert in the highest degree . The cannon were foon 14. planted , and a fhot from Long Island announced their ...
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