The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Band 3C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... miles above New York , on the river , was a small unimportant place called Peck's - Kill , which had served as a kind of post , where mills had been erected , and where a small body of troops were generally stationed . This was usually ...
... miles above New York , on the river , was a small unimportant place called Peck's - Kill , which had served as a kind of post , where mills had been erected , and where a small body of troops were generally stationed . This was usually ...
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... fire to the remaining magazines , and to the barracks , and retired about two miles into the strong grounds back of Peck's- of stores at fAnnual Register . 1 1777 . Kill . The conflagration was completed by the 88 THE LIFE OF.
... fire to the remaining magazines , and to the barracks , and retired about two miles into the strong grounds back of Peck's- of stores at fAnnual Register . 1 1777 . Kill . The conflagration was completed by the 88 THE LIFE OF.
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... miles from the sound , yet the intervening country was so rough ; the troops from the eastward were so frequently passing through the town ; and the zeal of the neighbouring militia so much relied on ; that the magazines collected at it ...
... miles from the sound , yet the intervening country was so rough ; the troops from the eastward were so frequently passing through the town ; and the zeal of the neighbouring militia so much relied on ; that the magazines collected at it ...
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... miles from Danbury . Here they halted ; and having heard next morn- ing , that the enemy , after destroying the town and magazines , were returning ; they divided their troops , and general Wooster with about three hundred men fell in ...
... miles from Danbury . Here they halted ; and having heard next morn- ing , that the enemy , after destroying the town and magazines , were returning ; they divided their troops , and general Wooster with about three hundred men fell in ...
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... miles into the country ; gave strong and public evidence of the difficulty which would attend an attempt to hold any part of the main land of New England . One object of the expedition is understood to have been to countenance the ...
... miles into the country ; gave strong and public evidence of the difficulty which would attend an attempt to hold any part of the main land of New England . One object of the expedition is understood to have been to countenance the ...
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