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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... immediately fired her broadside ; when the Glasgow made her a return of two - fold , and with the weight of her metal damaged her so much in her hull and rigging , as obliged her to retire for a while to refit . On her retiring , the ...
... immediately fired her broadside ; when the Glasgow made her a return of two - fold , and with the weight of her metal damaged her so much in her hull and rigging , as obliged her to retire for a while to refit . On her retiring , the ...
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... immediately taken for attaining so de- sirable an object . " After a long and violent debate , the motion in favor of the petition was rejected by a division of 86 against 33 , including proxies . The house of commons was filled with no ...
... immediately taken for attaining so de- sirable an object . " After a long and violent debate , the motion in favor of the petition was rejected by a division of 86 against 33 , including proxies . The house of commons was filled with no ...
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... immediately followed , were sufficient indications to the enemy of what was intended . It so happened , that early in the morning [ May 6. ] after the retreat was concluded upon , the Surprise frigate , from Great - Britain arrived ...
... immediately followed , were sufficient indications to the enemy of what was intended . It so happened , that early in the morning [ May 6. ] after the retreat was concluded upon , the Surprise frigate , from Great - Britain arrived ...
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... immediately stripped almost naked , drove to the fort , and deli- vered to capt . Foster , whose success in taking the fort was not known before the action . The enemy had twenty - two killed , among them a chief warrior of the Seneca ...
... immediately stripped almost naked , drove to the fort , and deli- vered to capt . Foster , whose success in taking the fort was not known before the action . The enemy had twenty - two killed , among them a chief warrior of the Seneca ...
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... immediately and marched up the hill to meet them , which brought on a discovery of their belonging to gen . Arnold and being from Montreal . When the army left Chamblee , the men were obliged to draw their loaded batteaux , to the ...
... immediately and marched up the hill to meet them , which brought on a discovery of their belonging to gen . Arnold and being from Montreal . When the army left Chamblee , the men were obliged to draw their loaded batteaux , to the ...
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