A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Band 2F. Betts, 1822 |
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... present , and hastened to join General Grant , who at the head of the British forces had marched to meet the Americans at Trenton . Washington with about five thousand men was posted on the south bank of Sanpink Creek ; a force greatly ...
... present , and hastened to join General Grant , who at the head of the British forces had marched to meet the Americans at Trenton . Washington with about five thousand men was posted on the south bank of Sanpink Creek ; a force greatly ...
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... present day , as a singular compound of dignity and condescension . " Resolved , " say they , " That as Congress proceeded to the dismission of Doctor Stringer , upon reasons sat- isfactory to themselves , General Schuyler ought to have ...
... present day , as a singular compound of dignity and condescension . " Resolved , " say they , " That as Congress proceeded to the dismission of Doctor Stringer , upon reasons sat- isfactory to themselves , General Schuyler ought to have ...
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... present himself before St. Leger , as hav- ing narrowly escaped from capture by the Ameri- cans , and to represent the force of Arnold as being three times its real amount - with such further exag- geration of the danger that threatened ...
... present himself before St. Leger , as hav- ing narrowly escaped from capture by the Ameri- cans , and to represent the force of Arnold as being three times its real amount - with such further exag- geration of the danger that threatened ...
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... present , to attend to the Commander in Chief . When General Sir William Howe retired from the Jerseys , it has been seen that his troops took post on Staten Island , while the British fleet under his brother Lord Howe , lay at Sandy ...
... present , to attend to the Commander in Chief . When General Sir William Howe retired from the Jerseys , it has been seen that his troops took post on Staten Island , while the British fleet under his brother Lord Howe , lay at Sandy ...
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... present expedition ; for the Colonel having made one hundred and thirty prison- ers , and possessed himself of one of the enemy's ves- sels , put them on board , under the care of one not very well qualified for the duty , and ordered ...
... present expedition ; for the Colonel having made one hundred and thirty prison- ers , and possessed himself of one of the enemy's ves- sels , put them on board , under the care of one not very well qualified for the duty , and ordered ...
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