The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Band 2Samuel Campbell, no. 124, Pearl-street, 1801 "The following work is not confined to the contest between Great Britain and the United States of America, but includes all the other parts of the war which originated from that contest. ... The form of letters, instead of chapters, is not altogether imaginary, as the author, from his arrival in America in 1770, maintained a correspondence with gentlemen in London, Rotterdam and Paris, answering in general to the prefixed dates."--Preface. |
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... land side by neighbour- ing hills , that nothing can take place on the wharves or next to the water , but it may be noted by the help of glasses . Proper signals having been agreed on , by means of the hills , which are in view one of ...
... land side by neighbour- ing hills , that nothing can take place on the wharves or next to the water , but it may be noted by the help of glasses . Proper signals having been agreed on , by means of the hills , which are in view one of ...
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... land to New - York , to assist in securing that city . [ March 9. ] General Howe issued a proclamation , ordering all woollen and linen goods to be delivered to Crean Brush , esq . be they in whose hands they might . [ March 10 ...
... land to New - York , to assist in securing that city . [ March 9. ] General Howe issued a proclamation , ordering all woollen and linen goods to be delivered to Crean Brush , esq . be they in whose hands they might . [ March 10 ...
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... land to the place of destination . About a week after the evacuation , the British fleet sailed as was soon known , for Halifax ; but commodore Banks was left with two or three men of war to protect the vessels that should arrive from ...
... land to the place of destination . About a week after the evacuation , the British fleet sailed as was soon known , for Halifax ; but commodore Banks was left with two or three men of war to protect the vessels that should arrive from ...
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... land , pirates , banditti , ministerial butchers , butchering assassins , cut - throats , thieves , & c . These abusive names take with the unthinking multitude , whether in high or low life , and set a keener edge upon the spirit of ...
... land , pirates , banditti , ministerial butchers , butchering assassins , cut - throats , thieves , & c . These abusive names take with the unthinking multitude , whether in high or low life , and set a keener edge upon the spirit of ...
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... land or Ireland , to inlist for the American service , though the bounties have been raised , and the usual standard lowered , to facilitate the levies . The recruiting officers have declared , they never before met with so many ...
... land or Ireland , to inlist for the American service , though the bounties have been raised , and the usual standard lowered , to facilitate the levies . The recruiting officers have declared , they never before met with so many ...
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