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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... continued , p . 62. The Americans conclude upon retreating from before it , p . 63. The American fort at the Cedars surrendered , p . 65. General Thomson goes against the British at Three - Rivers ; is defeated and taken , p . 66. The ...
... continued , p . 62. The Americans conclude upon retreating from before it , p . 63. The American fort at the Cedars surrendered , p . 65. General Thomson goes against the British at Three - Rivers ; is defeated and taken , p . 66. The ...
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... continued his march into the city . The citizens were in the utmost confusion , expecting the enemy would exe- cute their threats , but they refrained . [ Feb. 4. ] Gen. Lee came on when able ; and arrived at New - York in less than two ...
... continued his march into the city . The citizens were in the utmost confusion , expecting the enemy would exe- cute their threats , but they refrained . [ Feb. 4. ] Gen. Lee came on when able ; and arrived at New - York in less than two ...
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... continued it all night . Gen. Clinton sailed from Boston on the 19th , with a number of grenadiers and light infantry , as supposed for Virginia . He touched at the Hook , probably to consult gov . Tryon , and see whether any thing ...
... continued it all night . Gen. Clinton sailed from Boston on the 19th , with a number of grenadiers and light infantry , as supposed for Virginia . He touched at the Hook , probably to consult gov . Tryon , and see whether any thing ...
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... continued backwardness in the Americans to serve in the army , that gen . Washington was more and more convinced that it could never be raised to the new establishment by voluntary inlistments . [ Jan 18. ] Such was its present ine ...
... continued backwardness in the Americans to serve in the army , that gen . Washington was more and more convinced that it could never be raised to the new establishment by voluntary inlistments . [ Jan 18. ] Such was its present ine ...
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... continued . all that , and the two succeeding nights . The first night , two seven inch , and one ten inch , and the congress mortar burst ; the last after firing twice or thrice .. Till the Saturday night , the enemy did not believe ...
... continued . all that , and the two succeeding nights . The first night , two seven inch , and one ten inch , and the congress mortar burst ; the last after firing twice or thrice .. Till the Saturday night , the enemy did not believe ...
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