The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Volume 2Samuel Campbell, no. 124, Pearl-street, 1801 - United States "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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Page 12
... brought into convention , [ Jan. 12. ] by several of the representatives ; the purport of it was , " We dis- sent and protest against the present plan of taking up govern ment for the following reasons - the vote of the continental con ...
... brought into convention , [ Jan. 12. ] by several of the representatives ; the purport of it was , " We dis- sent and protest against the present plan of taking up govern ment for the following reasons - the vote of the continental con ...
Page 13
... brought be fore congress as a body , till the day after they had given their sanc- tion to the plan , by admitting upon their journals , on the 29th of February , the credentials of the delegates chosen by the house of representatives ...
... brought be fore congress as a body , till the day after they had given their sanc- tion to the plan , by admitting upon their journals , on the 29th of February , the credentials of the delegates chosen by the house of representatives ...
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... brought off a few muskets . He performed the whole in less than an hour , without the loss of a single man killed or wounded , though the British garrison kept up a considerable fire . of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition ...
... brought off a few muskets . He performed the whole in less than an hour , without the loss of a single man killed or wounded , though the British garrison kept up a considerable fire . of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition ...
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... brought with him , after leaving a corps at Montreal ; and so much was Arnold's detachment reduced , by the return of col , Enoe's division and other unfavorable circum- stances . Thus you see the besiegers were little more than half ...
... brought with him , after leaving a corps at Montreal ; and so much was Arnold's detachment reduced , by the return of col , Enoe's division and other unfavorable circum- stances . Thus you see the besiegers were little more than half ...
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... brought on very slowly , and is finally obliged to be left behind . The main body aso are led wrong . There is no road , the way is dark and intricate , among stores , houses , boats and wharfs ; and they are harassed at the same time ...
... brought on very slowly , and is finally obliged to be left behind . The main body aso are led wrong . There is no road , the way is dark and intricate , among stores , houses , boats and wharfs ; and they are harassed at the same time ...
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