The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Band 3Samuel 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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... formed , p . 282. St. Kitt's attacked and taken by the French , p . 283. Mr. J. Adams succeeds in his applications to the States - General , and is acknowledged as the American plenipo- tentiary , , p . 287. His imperial majesty favors ...
... formed , p . 282. St. Kitt's attacked and taken by the French , p . 283. Mr. J. Adams succeeds in his applications to the States - General , and is acknowledged as the American plenipo- tentiary , , p . 287. His imperial majesty favors ...
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... formed by nature , that had it been possessed by the five and twenty Indians , who were in the town roasting corn , they might have shot down , while ammunition lasted , what Americans they pleased , when within reach of their guns and ...
... formed by nature , that had it been possessed by the five and twenty Indians , who were in the town roasting corn , they might have shot down , while ammunition lasted , what Americans they pleased , when within reach of their guns and ...
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... forming him , that more time must be spent if he expected to re- duce the garrison by regular approaches , it was determined to make an assault . This measure was forced on d'Estaing by his naval officers , who had remonstrated against ...
... forming him , that more time must be spent if he expected to re- duce the garrison by regular approaches , it was determined to make an assault . This measure was forced on d'Estaing by his naval officers , who had remonstrated against ...
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... formed the composition of the meal that made their bread . As an army they bore it with heroic patience : but such sufferings , accompa nied with the want of clothes , blankets , & c . produced frequent desertions , though not a single ...
... formed the composition of the meal that made their bread . As an army they bore it with heroic patience : but such sufferings , accompa nied with the want of clothes , blankets , & c . produced frequent desertions , though not a single ...
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... formed a depot on James - Island , and erected fortifications there and on the main , opposite to the southern and western ex- tremities of the town . On the 29th of March , his grenadiers , light troops , and two battalions of infantry ...
... formed a depot on James - Island , and erected fortifications there and on the main , opposite to the southern and western ex- tremities of the town . On the 29th of March , his grenadiers , light troops , and two battalions of infantry ...
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