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 Washington |
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Two months after their delivery an answer was returned virtually granting all that he asked , except the abolition of the new constitution of Massachusetts . Franklin - answered , that the claim of altering the charters and rights upon ...
Two months after their delivery an answer was returned virtually granting all that he asked , except the abolition of the new constitution of Massachusetts . Franklin - answered , that the claim of altering the charters and rights upon ...
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Lord Howe , in the mean time , had resigned his command to Admiral Gambier , and General Clinton had returned to New York , leaving his troops under the command of General Grey , with orders to conduct an expedition eastward , as far as ...
Lord Howe , in the mean time , had resigned his command to Admiral Gambier , and General Clinton had returned to New York , leaving his troops under the command of General Grey , with orders to conduct an expedition eastward , as far as ...
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He seems also to have been checked by the apprehension of a fleet and army from France . General Washington was informed of Sir Henry Clinton's march soon after the British left Elizabethtown ; but , though he hastily returned , the ...
He seems also to have been checked by the apprehension of a fleet and army from France . General Washington was informed of Sir Henry Clinton's march soon after the British left Elizabethtown ; but , though he hastily returned , the ...
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