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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... Great - Britain , and that we shall rejoice if such a reconciliation , between us and our parent state , can be effected , as shall be approved by the conti- nental congress - do resolve , that the congress do assume the name and power ...
... Great - Britain , and that we shall rejoice if such a reconciliation , between us and our parent state , can be effected , as shall be approved by the conti- nental congress - do resolve , that the congress do assume the name and power ...
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... Great - Britain , and col . Allen in irons , let us return to Boston and its environs . " A [ Feb. 14. ] About four in the morning , a party from the castle under col . Leslie joined another , amounting to about five hundred , sent over ...
... Great - Britain , and col . Allen in irons , let us return to Boston and its environs . " A [ Feb. 14. ] About four in the morning , a party from the castle under col . Leslie joined another , amounting to about five hundred , sent over ...
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... Great - Britain or Ireland ; some of which will undoubt- edly be taken notwithstanding such precaution . It was but three day before the evacuation , that capt . Manly took a trans- part of 400 tons burthen , laden with pease , potatoes ...
... Great - Britain or Ireland ; some of which will undoubt- edly be taken notwithstanding such precaution . It was but three day before the evacuation , that capt . Manly took a trans- part of 400 tons burthen , laden with pease , potatoes ...
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... Britain , once in a great number of years , to conceive of what persons must endure through the want of fuel , from the long continued frosts of this country . The houses which the British officers inhabited while in Boston , were ...
... Britain , once in a great number of years , to conceive of what persons must endure through the want of fuel , from the long continued frosts of this country . The houses which the British officers inhabited while in Boston , were ...
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... Great- Britain . Soon after , the captain sent a flag of truce , and de- manded to be informed whetlier his majesty's ships of war would be supplied from the shore with provisions : the reply was in the negative ; and the ships in the ...
... Great- Britain . Soon after , the captain sent a flag of truce , and de- manded to be informed whetlier his majesty's ships of war would be supplied from the shore with provisions : the reply was in the negative ; and the ships in the ...
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