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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... those colonies which have refused to unite with their brethren in the common caufe ; and all fup- plies to the navy and army at Boston . In Virginia , a provincial congrefs met in March , for want of a legal affembly , and took measures ...
... those colonies which have refused to unite with their brethren in the common caufe ; and all fup- plies to the navy and army at Boston . In Virginia , a provincial congrefs met in March , for want of a legal affembly , and took measures ...
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... those of a lieutenant in the regulars . They , having been applied to , by a letter of May 16th , g from the Maffachusetts convention , for their explicit ad- vice , refolved , " That no obedience being due to the , act of parliament ...
... those of a lieutenant in the regulars . They , having been applied to , by a letter of May 16th , g from the Maffachusetts convention , for their explicit ad- vice , refolved , " That no obedience being due to the , act of parliament ...
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... Those , I doubt not , they will dif- charge , and that is all I defire . " The colonel did not afpire to the honor of com manding the army ; he was even folicitous to avoid it , upon an apprehenfion of his inadequacy to the import- ance ...
... Those , I doubt not , they will dif- charge , and that is all I defire . " The colonel did not afpire to the honor of com manding the army ; he was even folicitous to avoid it , upon an apprehenfion of his inadequacy to the import- ance ...
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... those of the military , whofe duty does not call them elsewhere . Yonder , the hills around the country , and the fields , that afford a fafe and diftinct view of the momentous conteft , are occupied by Americans of all ages and or ...
... those of the military , whofe duty does not call them elsewhere . Yonder , the hills around the country , and the fields , that afford a fafe and diftinct view of the momentous conteft , are occupied by Americans of all ages and or ...
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... those who dared to crofs the neck and join them , amounted only to fifteen hundred ; but the unengaged , who ap- peared in various parts , did , by their different move- ments , lead many of the Boston spectators to apprehend , at that ...
... those who dared to crofs the neck and join them , amounted only to fifteen hundred ; but the unengaged , who ap- peared in various parts , did , by their different move- ments , lead many of the Boston spectators to apprehend , at that ...
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