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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... Boston , p . 14. General Lee is sent on to New - York , p . 15. The inhabit- ants of Tryon county disarmed , p . 16. General Montgomery killed in an attack upon Quebec , p . 22. Preparations for tak- ing possession of Dorchester Heights ...
... Boston , p . 14. General Lee is sent on to New - York , p . 15. The inhabit- ants of Tryon county disarmed , p . 16. General Montgomery killed in an attack upon Quebec , p . 22. Preparations for tak- ing possession of Dorchester Heights ...
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... Boston , without meeting with the least insult , p . 269 . LETTER IX . P. 272-304 . Count Donop repulsed in the attack upon Red - bank , p . 272 . The American and British force under Washington and Howe , p . 273. Mud - Island , p ...
... Boston , without meeting with the least insult , p . 269 . LETTER IX . P. 272-304 . Count Donop repulsed in the attack upon Red - bank , p . 272 . The American and British force under Washington and Howe , p . 273. Mud - Island , p ...
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... Boston , p . 297. The convention troops at Cambridge , and the resolutions of congress for their detention , p . 298. Naval captures , p . 203 . LETTER X.P.305-328 . A design to remove general Washington from the command of the American ...
... Boston , p . 297. The convention troops at Cambridge , and the resolutions of congress for their detention , p . 298. Naval captures , p . 203 . LETTER X.P.305-328 . A design to remove general Washington from the command of the American ...
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... had to guard an extent of better than a dozen miles , with few more troops than what were in Boston . Such was the want of muskets , that that in order to supply the new enlisted soldiers , A. D. 1776. ] 13 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... had to guard an extent of better than a dozen miles , with few more troops than what were in Boston . Such was the want of muskets , that that in order to supply the new enlisted soldiers , A. D. 1776. ] 13 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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... Boston . Scars proposed that Washington should write to gov . Trumbull , pressing him to raise two regiments for the ser- vice . His application was strengthened by a letter of gen . Lee's , who wrote to the commander in chief , [ Jan ...
... Boston . Scars proposed that Washington should write to gov . Trumbull , pressing him to raise two regiments for the ser- vice . His application was strengthened by a letter of gen . Lee's , who wrote to the commander in chief , [ Jan ...
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