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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... boats , and sailed in quest of her with four days provision . Lord Sterling commanded . Upon their coming up and along side of her , she was taken without any resistance , for the sailors swore they would not fight for common wages ...
... boats , and sailed in quest of her with four days provision . Lord Sterling commanded . Upon their coming up and along side of her , she was taken without any resistance , for the sailors swore they would not fight for common wages ...
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... boats and wharfs ; and they are harassed at the same time with a constant fire of the enemy from the walls , which kills and wounds numbers , without their being able in the least to annoy them . The field piece not coming up , the ...
... boats and wharfs ; and they are harassed at the same time with a constant fire of the enemy from the walls , which kills and wounds numbers , without their being able in the least to annoy them . The field piece not coming up , the ...
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... boats are prepared , and the men paraded ready to embark . General Sullivan com- mands the first division , and general Green the second . Gen. Heath objected to the command when offered , and remains in perfect safety with the troops ...
... boats are prepared , and the men paraded ready to embark . General Sullivan com- mands the first division , and general Green the second . Gen. Heath objected to the command when offered , and remains in perfect safety with the troops ...
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... boats to the transports , the Americans expect they are in- tended for an immediate attack , clap their hands for joy , and wish them to come on . General Washington happens at that instant to be on one of the heights ; thinks with his ...
... boats to the transports , the Americans expect they are in- tended for an immediate attack , clap their hands for joy , and wish them to come on . General Washington happens at that instant to be on one of the heights ; thinks with his ...
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... boat ashore on Staten - Island to get water , and a party of riflemen took the boat and crew prisoners . The firing between the sloop and the riflemen lasted all day . The city , in a week's time , was thronged with provincials ; and it ...
... boat ashore on Staten - Island to get water , and a party of riflemen took the boat and crew prisoners . The firing between the sloop and the riflemen lasted all day . The city , in a week's time , was thronged with provincials ; and it ...
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