The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Volumen2Samuel 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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... cause in the critical moment ? Will you not follow when your general leads ? Push on brave boys , Que- bec is ours . " A few act with resolution , advance , and attack the guard - house , when the enemy give a discharge of grape shot ...
... cause in the critical moment ? Will you not follow when your general leads ? Push on brave boys , Que- bec is ours . " A few act with resolution , advance , and attack the guard - house , when the enemy give a discharge of grape shot ...
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... cause , than all the others with which it was accompanied . When the continental troops had collected after the unsuccess- ful attack on Quebec , there was a dispute who should command and whether it was advisable to raise the siege ...
... cause , than all the others with which it was accompanied . When the continental troops had collected after the unsuccess- ful attack on Quebec , there was a dispute who should command and whether it was advisable to raise the siege ...
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... cause had fled there with their families for safety : besides these , there were not a few of the old inhabitants , who concluded it was far more prudent for them to withdraw than remain . Both together , with their families , made up ...
... cause had fled there with their families for safety : besides these , there were not a few of the old inhabitants , who concluded it was far more prudent for them to withdraw than remain . Both together , with their families , made up ...
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... cause in which they were solicited to engage , and exerted them- selves to hinder others engaging . Neither protestants , nor ca- tholics in any number , have been prevailed upon either in Eng- land or Ireland , to inlist for the ...
... cause in which they were solicited to engage , and exerted them- selves to hinder others engaging . Neither protestants , nor ca- tholics in any number , have been prevailed upon either in Eng- land or Ireland , to inlist for the ...
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... caused that bustle of busi- ness and plenty of cash , which checked all observation of defi- ciences in other branches of traffic . Add , that a tribe of con- tractors , dealers , and gamesters in stcoks and money transac- tions , were ...
... caused that bustle of busi- ness and plenty of cash , which checked all observation of defi- ciences in other branches of traffic . Add , that a tribe of con- tractors , dealers , and gamesters in stcoks and money transac- tions , were ...
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