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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... expected us to make a new form of government , but only to set the judicial and executive wheels in motion ; -it appears to us , too much like setting up an independency on the mother country . " The convention how- ever proceeded in ...
... expected us to make a new form of government , but only to set the judicial and executive wheels in motion ; -it appears to us , too much like setting up an independency on the mother country . " The convention how- ever proceeded in ...
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... Herkimer and the committee of Tryon county to receive the arms of the remainder , and to fix on six of the principal lead- VOL . II . : C ers ers to send to him . He expected that the A. D. 1776 ] 17 AMERICAN REVOLUTION ,
... Herkimer and the committee of Tryon county to receive the arms of the remainder , and to fix on six of the principal lead- VOL . II . : C ers ers to send to him . He expected that the A. D. 1776 ] 17 AMERICAN REVOLUTION ,
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William Gordon. ers to send to him . He expected that the whole disarmed , or to be disarmed , would amount to above six hundred . Gen. Scuy ler's conduct was highly approved by congress : and those who accompanied him in the expedition ...
William Gordon. ers to send to him . He expected that the whole disarmed , or to be disarmed , would amount to above six hundred . Gen. Scuy ler's conduct was highly approved by congress : and those who accompanied him in the expedition ...
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... expected , that the burning of the houses would occasion such an alarm , as to put the American officers upon sending from Roxbury lines a large reinforcement , and thereby giving him an advantageous oppor tunity of attacking them ; but ...
... expected , that the burning of the houses would occasion such an alarm , as to put the American officers upon sending from Roxbury lines a large reinforcement , and thereby giving him an advantageous oppor tunity of attacking them ; but ...
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... expected to engage , are alive with the numerous spec- tators that throng them . A more interesting and bloody scene is apprehended to be just upon commencing , than what presented at Charlestown . They wait , as do the troops ...
... expected to engage , are alive with the numerous spec- tators that throng them . A more interesting and bloody scene is apprehended to be just upon commencing , than what presented at Charlestown . They wait , as do the troops ...
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