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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... militia men who took Andre , p . 136. Major Tallmage's expedition to Long- Island , ibid . Congress determine on having a permanent army , p . 137 - take into serious consideration the absolute necessity of a large and immediate foreign ...
... militia men who took Andre , p . 136. Major Tallmage's expedition to Long- Island , ibid . Congress determine on having a permanent army , p . 137 - take into serious consideration the absolute necessity of a large and immediate foreign ...
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... militia and volunteers , and did not return till the 14th of September . They went about 200 miles from the fort , destroyed a number of tows , and cornfields to the amount of 500 acres , and made a great deal of plunder in skins and ...
... militia and volunteers , and did not return till the 14th of September . They went about 200 miles from the fort , destroyed a number of tows , and cornfields to the amount of 500 acres , and made a great deal of plunder in skins and ...
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... militia to rendezvous immediately near the same place . The British were equally diligent in preparing for their defence . Lieut . col . Cruger , who had a small command at Sunbury , and lieut . col . Maitland , who was in force at ...
... militia to rendezvous immediately near the same place . The British were equally diligent in preparing for their defence . Lieut . col . Cruger , who had a small command at Sunbury , and lieut . col . Maitland , who was in force at ...
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... militia ; and a real attack a little before day - light on the Spring - hill battery with 3500 French troops , 600 continentals and 350 of the Charlestown militia , headed by count d'Estaing and general Lincoln . They marched up to the ...
... militia ; and a real attack a little before day - light on the Spring - hill battery with 3500 French troops , 600 continentals and 350 of the Charlestown militia , headed by count d'Estaing and general Lincoln . They marched up to the ...
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... militia . The damage it sustained was trifling , as the men fired under co ver , and few of the assailants fired at all . It lost no other officer than captain Taws , who defended the redoubt where the stan- dards were planted with the ...
... militia . The damage it sustained was trifling , as the men fired under co ver , and few of the assailants fired at all . It lost no other officer than captain Taws , who defended the redoubt where the stan- dards were planted with the ...
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