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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... arms , pow- der , & c . On the 6th , about one in the morning , they fell in with his majesty's ship the Glasgow ( of twenty nine pounders and 150 men ) and her tender . At half past two , the Cabot brig- antine , capt . Hopkins , jun ...
... arms , pow- der , & c . On the 6th , about one in the morning , they fell in with his majesty's ship the Glasgow ( of twenty nine pounders and 150 men ) and her tender . At half past two , the Cabot brig- antine , capt . Hopkins , jun ...
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... arm , and send out commissioners ; and then if the Americans should continue to resist , to employ against them the ... arms had been made to as great a degree a degree of perfection as could be imagined - that 50 [ A. D. 1775 . THE ...
... arm , and send out commissioners ; and then if the Americans should continue to resist , to employ against them the ... arms had been made to as great a degree a degree of perfection as could be imagined - that 50 [ A. D. 1775 . THE ...
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... arms against their families , kindred , friends and country ; and after being plunder- ed themselves , to become accomplices in plundering their bre- thren . " His majesty went to the house of peers , ( Dec. 21. ) and gave his assent to ...
... arms against their families , kindred , friends and country ; and after being plunder- ed themselves , to become accomplices in plundering their bre- thren . " His majesty went to the house of peers , ( Dec. 21. ) and gave his assent to ...
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... arms . The plea of necessity was the constant shield with which the ministry covered all the measures that had been lately adopted . But with regard to the present , they asserted - Treating with foreign princes for the loan of their ...
... arms . The plea of necessity was the constant shield with which the ministry covered all the measures that had been lately adopted . But with regard to the present , they asserted - Treating with foreign princes for the loan of their ...
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... arms , and refer their peti- tion to parliament , where they might be confident it would be duly considered and answered . All the reasonings of those who supported the motion were totally ineffectual : it was rejected by a majority of ...
... arms , and refer their peti- tion to parliament , where they might be confident it would be duly considered and answered . All the reasonings of those who supported the motion were totally ineffectual : it was rejected by a majority of ...
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