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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... Philadelphia of the troops to be employed against the Americans , a citizen of eminence wrote to his correspondent , " We now know who the commission- ers are , and their numbers , viz . Messrs . the Hessians , Brunswick- ers ...
... Philadelphia of the troops to be employed against the Americans , a citizen of eminence wrote to his correspondent , " We now know who the commission- ers are , and their numbers , viz . Messrs . the Hessians , Brunswick- ers ...
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... Philadelphia apprehended , that by this step an appeal was made to the peo- ple ; and in compliance with the request of a large majority of the inhabitants , issued letters on the 20th of May ( by virtue of a power given to them in the ...
... Philadelphia apprehended , that by this step an appeal was made to the peo- ple ; and in compliance with the request of a large majority of the inhabitants , issued letters on the 20th of May ( by virtue of a power given to them in the ...
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... Philadelphia , amidst the greatest acclamations . The day , in consequence of general orders , it was read at the head of each brigade of the continental army at New - York , and every where received with loud huzzas , and the utmost ...
... Philadelphia , amidst the greatest acclamations . The day , in consequence of general orders , it was read at the head of each brigade of the continental army at New - York , and every where received with loud huzzas , and the utmost ...
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... Philadelphia militia . He had sent gen . Mifflin to Philadelphia , while retreating before lord Cornwallis , and on the 27th of No- vember , there was a large and general town - meeting , when the intelligence of the probability of gen ...
... Philadelphia militia . He had sent gen . Mifflin to Philadelphia , while retreating before lord Cornwallis , and on the 27th of No- vember , there was a large and general town - meeting , when the intelligence of the probability of gen ...
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... Philadelphia without making mention of the acts of congress . It has been resolved to confiscate the property of the subjects of Great - Britain , taken on the high seas , or be- tween high and low water mark , but the inhabitants of ...
... Philadelphia without making mention of the acts of congress . It has been resolved to confiscate the property of the subjects of Great - Britain , taken on the high seas , or be- tween high and low water mark , but the inhabitants of ...
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