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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... vessels were burnt , and the intention of gen . Howe entirely fruftrated . 25 . Philadelphia will detain us for a while . Congrefs Jan. refolved , " That to exprefs the veneration of the United Colonies for their late general , Richard ...
... vessels were burnt , and the intention of gen . Howe entirely fruftrated . 25 . Philadelphia will detain us for a while . Congrefs Jan. refolved , " That to exprefs the veneration of the United Colonies for their late general , Richard ...
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... vessel of 22 guns , the Ranger floop and Thun- der bomb each of eight guns . The Thunder bomb , covered by the armed fhip , takes her station in the morn- ing , and begins to throw fhells , between the hours of ten and eleven . The ...
... vessel of 22 guns , the Ranger floop and Thun- der bomb each of eight guns . The Thunder bomb , covered by the armed fhip , takes her station in the morn- ing , and begins to throw fhells , between the hours of ten and eleven . The ...
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... vessels not exceeding fix , at the expence of the United States , to war upon British property , provided it will not be difagreeable to the court of France . There has been approved in congrefs a plan of a treaty with his moft ...
... vessels not exceeding fix , at the expence of the United States , to war upon British property , provided it will not be difagreeable to the court of France . There has been approved in congrefs a plan of a treaty with his moft ...
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