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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... appoint commissioners to the court of France , p . 139 - agree upon a scheme of a lottery , p . 142. General Gates fixes upon general Arnold to command the American flect on Lake Champlain , p . 143. Arnold engages the British fleet and ...
... appoint commissioners to the court of France , p . 139 - agree upon a scheme of a lottery , p . 142. General Gates fixes upon general Arnold to command the American flect on Lake Champlain , p . 143. Arnold engages the British fleet and ...
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... appointed to enquire into the con- duct of the enemy , make their report , p . 191. Governor Try- on sent upon an expedition to Danbury , p . 195. Colonel Meigs's expedition to Sagg - harbour , p . 198. General Howe takes the field ...
... appointed to enquire into the con- duct of the enemy , make their report , p . 191. Governor Try- on sent upon an expedition to Danbury , p . 195. Colonel Meigs's expedition to Sagg - harbour , p . 198. General Howe takes the field ...
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... appointed to ex plain to the people at large the principles and grounds of our op- position , & c . " It would not do for Mr. S. Adams evidently to interest himself in opposing the motion , though he was apprehen sive that they should ...
... appointed to ex plain to the people at large the principles and grounds of our op- position , & c . " It would not do for Mr. S. Adams evidently to interest himself in opposing the motion , though he was apprehen sive that they should ...
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... appoint three of their members to meet him there , and advise with him on the measures proper to be pursued . He was detained at Stamford with the gout . The members from congress and col . Watery being at New - York , gen . Lee ...
... appoint three of their members to meet him there , and advise with him on the measures proper to be pursued . He was detained at Stamford with the gout . The members from congress and col . Watery being at New - York , gen . Lee ...
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... appointed - they that are to make the attack by the way of Cape Diamond , at the general's quarters on the heights of Abraham , and are head- ed by the general - they that are to make the attack through the suburbs of St. Roe , at the ...
... appointed - they that are to make the attack by the way of Cape Diamond , at the general's quarters on the heights of Abraham , and are head- ed by the general - they that are to make the attack through the suburbs of St. Roe , at the ...
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