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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... regiments , is more than prob- able was ever attempted . " The conduct of the New - Yorkers not answering the desires of captain Sears , he had for some time taken up his abode in Connecticut . Being apprehensive , that general Clinton ...
... regiments , is more than prob- able was ever attempted . " The conduct of the New - Yorkers not answering the desires of captain Sears , he had for some time taken up his abode in Connecticut . Being apprehensive , that general Clinton ...
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... regiments were raised and ready to march , by the time gen . Lee got to Stamford , within fifty miles of New - York , and ... regiment , and march it immediately for the city . At King's - bridge he was met by a number of citizens , who ...
... regiments were raised and ready to march , by the time gen . Lee got to Stamford , within fifty miles of New - York , and ... regiment , and march it immediately for the city . At King's - bridge he was met by a number of citizens , who ...
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... regiments of militia to be at Cambridge by the first of February , and to remain if wanted to the last of March , that ... regiment , sixty ; marines , forty militia , about eight hundred ; and seamen belonging to the king's frigates and ...
... regiments of militia to be at Cambridge by the first of February , and to remain if wanted to the last of March , that ... regiment , sixty ; marines , forty militia , about eight hundred ; and seamen belonging to the king's frigates and ...
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... regiment ; but of about two hundred men only . The division under Arnold is made up out of the two bat talions detached from Cambridge , and amount to about three hundred . Col. Livingston , with a regiment of one hundred and sixty ...
... regiment ; but of about two hundred men only . The division under Arnold is made up out of the two bat talions detached from Cambridge , and amount to about three hundred . Col. Livingston , with a regiment of one hundred and sixty ...
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... regiments of militia from the neighbouring towns , should march in , and do duty for a few days on the lines of Dorchester , and Roxbury . Among other preparations which had been making against the day of action , the doctors , surgeons ...
... regiments of militia from the neighbouring towns , should march in , and do duty for a few days on the lines of Dorchester , and Roxbury . Among other preparations which had been making against the day of action , the doctors , surgeons ...
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