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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... taken , p . The Americans retreat from Canada , p . 68. Capt . Mug- ford takes the Hope , ordnance store ship , p . 71. The British ships of war are driven from Nantasket , p . 72. A number of highlanders , with lieut . col . Campbell , ...
... taken , p . The Americans retreat from Canada , p . 68. Capt . Mug- ford takes the Hope , ordnance store ship , p . 71. The British ships of war are driven from Nantasket , p . 72. A number of highlanders , with lieut . col . Campbell , ...
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... taken , p . 130. A summary of the captures made by general Howe dur- ing the campaign , p . 131. General Lee's letter to the French minister , p . 132. The Carolinians engage in a successful war with the Cherokees , p . 133. Acts of ...
... taken , p . 130. A summary of the captures made by general Howe dur- ing the campaign , p . 131. General Lee's letter to the French minister , p . 132. The Carolinians engage in a successful war with the Cherokees , p . 133. Acts of ...
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... taken by the French , ibid . LETTER XV . P. 418-426 . Admiral Keppel tried and honorably acquitted , p . 418. Sir Hugh Palliser tried and acquitted , p . 419. Admiral Barrington with a body of British troops engaged in an expedition ...
... taken by the French , ibid . LETTER XV . P. 418-426 . Admiral Keppel tried and honorably acquitted , p . 418. Sir Hugh Palliser tried and acquitted , p . 419. Admiral Barrington with a body of British troops engaged in an expedition ...
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... taken by the French , p . 452. Admiral Byron engages count d'Estaing , 453. Captain Paul Jones engages Captain Pearson , p . 454. Sir Joseph Yorke presents a memorial to their High Mightinesses , p . 456. The state of Ireland , p . 457 ...
... taken by the French , p . 452. Admiral Byron engages count d'Estaing , 453. Captain Paul Jones engages Captain Pearson , p . 454. Sir Joseph Yorke presents a memorial to their High Mightinesses , p . 456. The state of Ireland , p . 457 ...
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... taken on such a momentuous concernment , for that it is their inherent right to know the plan , before adopted and carried into execu tion . They say also , " it amounts to an open declaration of in- dependency , which we can by no ...
... taken on such a momentuous concernment , for that it is their inherent right to know the plan , before adopted and carried into execu tion . They say also , " it amounts to an open declaration of in- dependency , which we can by no ...
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