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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... side of her , she was taken without any resistance , for the sailors swore they would not fight for common wages . The Americans are making salt- petre all over the continent , from New - Hampshire to Virginia . inclusively . New Let us ...
... side of her , she was taken without any resistance , for the sailors swore they would not fight for common wages . The Americans are making salt- petre all over the continent , from New - Hampshire to Virginia . inclusively . New Let us ...
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... side . Colonel Arnold receives a wound in one of his legs with a musket ball , and is car- ried to the general hospital . When the prisoners are taken care of , and a few men come up ( which is in about half an hour ) the men attempt ...
... side . Colonel Arnold receives a wound in one of his legs with a musket ball , and is car- ried to the general hospital . When the prisoners are taken care of , and a few men come up ( which is in about half an hour ) the men attempt ...
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... side of the river St. Charles , and not having notice in sea- son , in endeavouring to join the main body , are surprised and mostly taken prisoners , by a party , who make a sortie through palace gate . They who are near the second ...
... side of the river St. Charles , and not having notice in sea- son , in endeavouring to join the main body , are surprised and mostly taken prisoners , by a party , who make a sortie through palace gate . They who are near the second ...
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... side next to them , to cover the Americans in passing and repassing . Every man knows his place and business . The covering party , when upon the ground , divides ; half goes to the point nearest to Bos ton , the other to that next to ...
... side next to them , to cover the Americans in passing and repassing . Every man knows his place and business . The covering party , when upon the ground , divides ; half goes to the point nearest to Bos ton , the other to that next to ...
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... side by neighbour- ing hills , that nothing can take place on the wharves or next to the water , but it may be noted by the help of glasses . Proper signals having been agreed on , by means of the hills , which are in view one of ...
... side by neighbour- ing hills , that nothing can take place on the wharves or next to the water , but it may be noted by the help of glasses . Proper signals having been agreed on , by means of the hills , which are in view one of ...
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