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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... Gates , p . 104 . LETTER V. P. 107-149 . Some members of congress have a conference with lord Howe , p . 107. General Washington's distressing situation , p . 108. The Americans evacuate New - York , p . 112. A terrible fire at New ...
... Gates , p . 104 . LETTER V. P. 107-149 . Some members of congress have a conference with lord Howe , p . 107. General Washington's distressing situation , p . 108. The Americans evacuate New - York , p . 112. A terrible fire at New ...
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... Gates in the conimand of the northern army , p . 203. General Burgoyne proceeds with the royal troops from Canada to Crown - point , and issues . out a singular proclamation , p . 204 - invests the American posts , p . 206. General St ...
... Gates in the conimand of the northern army , p . 203. General Burgoyne proceeds with the royal troops from Canada to Crown - point , and issues . out a singular proclamation , p . 204 - invests the American posts , p . 206. General St ...
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... Gates , p . 245. An account of Miss M'Crea's death , ibid . Lincoln sends colonel Brown to lake George to release the American prisoners , and destroy the British stores , p . 247. The Americans under general Gates engage the British ...
... Gates , p . 245. An account of Miss M'Crea's death , ibid . Lincoln sends colonel Brown to lake George to release the American prisoners , and destroy the British stores , p . 247. The Americans under general Gates engage the British ...
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... Gates's letter to the earl of Thanet , p . 337. The French rescript informing the British court of the treaty between France and the United States , and the same laid before the house of commons , p . 338. The American commissioners ...
... Gates's letter to the earl of Thanet , p . 337. The French rescript informing the British court of the treaty between France and the United States , and the same laid before the house of commons , p . 338. The American commissioners ...
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... gates ; and by the advice of certain members was not brought be- fore congress as a body , till the day after they had given their sanc- tion to the plan , by admitting upon their journals , on the 29th of February , the credentials of ...
... gates ; and by the advice of certain members was not brought be- fore congress as a body , till the day after they had given their sanc- tion to the plan , by admitting upon their journals , on the 29th of February , the credentials of ...
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