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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... LETTER VI . P. 150-178 . The infatuation of the enemy saved the Americans when they retreated across the Delaware , p . 150. General Washington crosses into the Jerseys , defeats a body of Hessians. crosses monstrance When ther CONTENTS .
... LETTER VI . P. 150-178 . The infatuation of the enemy saved the Americans when they retreated across the Delaware , p . 150. General Washington crosses into the Jerseys , defeats a body of Hessians. crosses monstrance When ther CONTENTS .
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William Gordon. crosses into the Jerseys , defeats a body of Hessians at Trenton , and returns to Pennsylvania , p . 152. Returns to Trenton , p . 154 - deceives lord Cornwallis ; marches for Princeton ; and there attacks the fourth ...
William Gordon. crosses into the Jerseys , defeats a body of Hessians at Trenton , and returns to Pennsylvania , p . 152. Returns to Trenton , p . 154 - deceives lord Cornwallis ; marches for Princeton ; and there attacks the fourth ...
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... Hessian court for many years past : showing that this had grad- ually risen in its demands , in every successive treaty . The pre- sent was said to have exceeded all the former in the exorbitaney of its conditions . He asserted , from ...
... Hessian court for many years past : showing that this had grad- ually risen in its demands , in every successive treaty . The pre- sent was said to have exceeded all the former in the exorbitaney of its conditions . He asserted , from ...
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... Hessians on board , safled from St. Helen's for North - America . The troops are to assist in forcing the rebels to ask mercy . Five days after , his lord- ship followed in the Eagle man of war . According to the estimates laid before ...
... Hessians on board , safled from St. Helen's for North - America . The troops are to assist in forcing the rebels to ask mercy . Five days after , his lord- ship followed in the Eagle man of war . According to the estimates laid before ...
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... Hessians , Brunswick- ers , Waldeckers , English , Scotch and Irish . This gives the coup de grace to the British and American connection . It has already wrought wonders in this city ; conversions have been more rapid than ever under ...
... Hessians , Brunswick- ers , Waldeckers , English , Scotch and Irish . This gives the coup de grace to the British and American connection . It has already wrought wonders in this city ; conversions have been more rapid than ever under ...
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