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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... took a wrong step , it should wholly defeat the design , be owned , he had much at heart . He had been alarmed before in the beginning of the month , when a motion was made in con- gress to this purpose . " Whereas we have been charged ...
... took a wrong step , it should wholly defeat the design , be owned , he had much at heart . He had been alarmed before in the beginning of the month , when a motion was made in con- gress to this purpose . " Whereas we have been charged ...
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... took notice that a body of people on Long - Island were intrenching themselves professedly to oppo the Ameri- can system ; that there was a body of torics in the city of New- York waiting only for a force to protect them ; and that the ...
... took notice that a body of people on Long - Island were intrenching themselves professedly to oppo the Ameri- can system ; that there was a body of torics in the city of New- York waiting only for a force to protect them ; and that the ...
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... - ed by the Americans for strengthening their works , before any attempt could be now made upon them , took away all hope of success ; success ; which would have been more precarious than expected 28 [ A. D. 1773 . THE HISTORY OF THE.
... - ed by the Americans for strengthening their works , before any attempt could be now made upon them , took away all hope of success ; success ; which would have been more precarious than expected 28 [ A. D. 1773 . THE HISTORY OF THE.
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... took place between the army and navy . The difficulties which the troops were under , from being so unexpectedly obliged to evacuate Boston , were much increased by the numbers who were under the necessity of removing with them . Many ...
... took place between the army and navy . The difficulties which the troops were under , from being so unexpectedly obliged to evacuate Boston , were much increased by the numbers who were under the necessity of removing with them . Many ...
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... took notice , among many other things , of his attention to the civil constitution of the colony ; of the regard he had always shown for the lives and health of those under his com- mand ; of his having attended to the preservation of ...
... took notice , among many other things , of his attention to the civil constitution of the colony ; of the regard he had always shown for the lives and health of those under his com- mand ; of his having attended to the preservation of ...
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