THE

HISTORY

OF THE

RISE, PROGRESS, AND ESTABLISHMENT

OF THE

INDEPENDENCE

OF THE

United States of America:

INCLUDING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE WAR,

AND OF THE

THIRTEEN COLONIES,

FROM THEIR ORIGIN TO THAT PERIOD.

BY WILLIAM GORDON, D. D.

Quid verum *** curo, et rogo et omnis in hoc sum.

HORAT. I Ep. 1 Lib.

THE THIRD AMERICAN EDITION,

VOL. I

NEW-YORK:

PRINTED FOR SAMUEL CAMPBELL, NO. 124, PEARL-street,

BY JOHN WOODS.

M.DCCC.I