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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... effects the whole day , and 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 ...
... effects the whole day , and 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 ...
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... effect upon the spirits of the New - Englanders , to tell them when about engaging- " remember the fifth of March , and a- wenge yourselves for the massacre at Boston . " When required to give his opinion , he spake in favor of the ...
... effect upon the spirits of the New - Englanders , to tell them when about engaging- " remember the fifth of March , and a- wenge yourselves for the massacre at Boston . " When required to give his opinion , he spake in favor of the ...
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... effects . The number of transports and vessels was short of what were wanted . In the beginning of last November , gen . Howe received a let- ter from lord Dartmouth , advising to the evacuation of Boston , and the remeval of his troops ...
... effects . The number of transports and vessels was short of what were wanted . In the beginning of last November , gen . Howe received a let- ter from lord Dartmouth , advising to the evacuation of Boston , and the remeval of his troops ...
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... effects which might arise from such misrepresentation being conveyed to parliament . The debate that followed was not terminated till four in the morning , when the previous question being put , the motion was negatived by a majority of ...
... effects which might arise from such misrepresentation being conveyed to parliament . The debate that followed was not terminated till four in the morning , when the previous question being put , the motion was negatived by a majority of ...
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... effect . A priest's house has been entered with great violence , and his watch plundered from him . At another house the Americans ran in debt about twenty shillings sterling ; and because the owner wanted to be paid , they ran him ...
... effect . A priest's house has been entered with great violence , and his watch plundered from him . At another house the Americans ran in debt about twenty shillings sterling ; and because the owner wanted to be paid , they ran him ...
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