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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... Road , when an American battery opened upon them , which was the first se- rious proof they had of the situation of affairs at the port to which they were destined . They were too far embayed to te- treat , as the wind had died away ...
... Road , when an American battery opened upon them , which was the first se- rious proof they had of the situation of affairs at the port to which they were destined . They were too far embayed to te- treat , as the wind had died away ...
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... road called the Flatbush road ; and a third called the Bedford road , being a cross road from Bedford to Flatbush , which lies VOL . II . N оп on the southerly side of these hills . These passes A. D. 1776. ] 97 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... road called the Flatbush road ; and a third called the Bedford road , being a cross road from Bedford to Flatbush , which lies VOL . II . N оп on the southerly side of these hills . These passes A. D. 1776. ] 97 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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... roads which can be passed from the south side of the hills to the American lines , except a road leading round the easterly end of the hills to Jamaica . An early attention had been given to the importance of these passes . To the ...
... roads which can be passed from the south side of the hills to the American lines , except a road leading round the easterly end of the hills to Jamaica . An early attention had been given to the importance of these passes . To the ...
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... road , detaches a battalion of light - infantry to secure it ; and advancing with his corps upon the appearance of day , possesses himself of the heights over which the road passes . General Grant with the left wing advances along the ...
... road , detaches a battalion of light - infantry to secure it ; and advancing with his corps upon the appearance of day , possesses himself of the heights over which the road passes . General Grant with the left wing advances along the ...
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... roads would have been so secured and defended , as that the royal army , in attempting or gaining them , would have ... road , asked him whether he had guarded that pass sufficiently , and received for answer , " Yes , so that an angel ...
... roads would have been so secured and defended , as that the royal army , in attempting or gaining them , would have ... road , asked him whether he had guarded that pass sufficiently , and received for answer , " Yes , so that an angel ...
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