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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... killed in an attack upon Quebec , p . 22. Preparations for tak ing possession of Dorchester Heights , p . 25. The Americans possess themselves of the same , p . 26. General Howe resolves upon evacuating Boston , p . 28 - evacuates it ...
... killed in an attack upon Quebec , p . 22. Preparations for tak ing possession of Dorchester Heights , p . 25. The Americans possess themselves of the same , p . 26. General Howe resolves upon evacuating Boston , p . 28 - evacuates it ...
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... kill destroyed by the British , p . 170. The states at- tempt the regulating of prices , p . 171. The treatment of the American prisoners at New - York , p . 172 - the consequences of it , p . 175. The American cruisers make ...
... kill destroyed by the British , p . 170. The states at- tempt the regulating of prices , p . 171. The treatment of the American prisoners at New - York , p . 172 - the consequences of it , p . 175. The American cruisers make ...
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... kill , p . 229. General Wayne attacked by general Grey , ibid . Sir William Howe deceives the American commander , crosses the Seuylkill unexpectedly , and enters Philadelphia ,. ibid .-- Lord Howe conducts the fleet to the Delaware , p ...
... kill , p . 229. General Wayne attacked by general Grey , ibid . Sir William Howe deceives the American commander , crosses the Seuylkill unexpectedly , and enters Philadelphia ,. ibid .-- Lord Howe conducts the fleet to the Delaware , p ...
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... killed or wounded , though the British garrison kept up a considerable fire . of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition confounded . the amusement carrying on in Boston , at the same instant . र The British soldiers were much ...
... killed or wounded , though the British garrison kept up a considerable fire . of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition confounded . the amusement carrying on in Boston , at the same instant . र The British soldiers were much ...
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... killed and wounded about a hundred - one captain and two lieutenants killed col . Arnold , two captains , two lieu- tenants , and a brigade major , wounded . The loss of the gene- ral's division is , the general , his aid , capt ...
... killed and wounded about a hundred - one captain and two lieutenants killed col . Arnold , two captains , two lieu- tenants , and a brigade major , wounded . The loss of the gene- ral's division is , the general , his aid , capt ...
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