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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... whole continent - That while the whole continent are ardently wishing for peace on fuch terms as can be ac- ceded to by Englishmen , they are indefatigable in pre- paring for the laft appeal . " Near the close they said , " We speak the ...
... whole continent - That while the whole continent are ardently wishing for peace on fuch terms as can be ac- ceded to by Englishmen , they are indefatigable in pre- paring for the laft appeal . " Near the close they said , " We speak the ...
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... whole force confifted only of feven hundred men . The 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 ...
... whole force confifted only of feven hundred men . The 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 ...
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... whole to take into confideration the ftate of America . Before they finished this great business , they refolved unani- mously “ That all exportations to Quebec , Nova Scotia , the ifland of St. John's , Newfoundland , Georgia , except ...
... whole to take into confideration the ftate of America . Before they finished this great business , they refolved unani- mously “ That all exportations to Quebec , Nova Scotia , the ifland of St. John's , Newfoundland , Georgia , except ...
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... whole near upon 3000 men . Generals Clinton and Burgoyne take their stand upon Cop's hill to obferve and contemplate the bloody and deftructive operations that are now commencing . The regulars form in two lines , and advance ...
... whole near upon 3000 men . Generals Clinton and Burgoyne take their stand upon Cop's hill to obferve and contemplate the bloody and deftructive operations that are now commencing . The regulars form in two lines , and advance ...
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... whole French army for a confiderable time , the number of officers killed , in- cluding two who foon died of their wounds , was only 13 , and the wounded remaining 66 : their whole lofs in killed was 291 , in wounded 1037 , together ...
... whole French army for a confiderable time , the number of officers killed , in- cluding two who foon died of their wounds , was only 13 , and the wounded remaining 66 : their whole lofs in killed was 291 , in wounded 1037 , together ...
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