Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of WashingtonLeary & Getz, 1857 - 588 pages |
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Page 147
... BOSTON . 147 countrymen contributed materially to mitigate their sufferings , and evinced itself in acts of disinterested patriotism , of which old Rome would have been proud . The Boston port bill , instead of fomenting jealousy and ...
... BOSTON . 147 countrymen contributed materially to mitigate their sufferings , and evinced itself in acts of disinterested patriotism , of which old Rome would have been proud . The Boston port bill , instead of fomenting jealousy and ...
Page 216
... Boston , and in that way bring the war to a conclusion at one blow . " No man on earth , " said he to the President of Congress , " wishes more ardently to destroy the nest in Boston , than I do ; no person would be willing to go ...
... Boston , and in that way bring the war to a conclusion at one blow . " No man on earth , " said he to the President of Congress , " wishes more ardently to destroy the nest in Boston , than I do ; no person would be willing to go ...
Page 218
... Boston depended on the inactivity of the American forces , being conveyed to General Washington , he de- termined to offer no interruption to the departure of the British ; but , at the same time , he prepared by fortifying Nook's Hill ...
... Boston depended on the inactivity of the American forces , being conveyed to General Washington , he de- termined to offer no interruption to the departure of the British ; but , at the same time , he prepared by fortifying Nook's Hill ...
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