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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... called out lustily , " the Yankees are attacking Bunker's Hill . " They who were unacquainted with the farce , thought that this was a part of it , but when gen . Howe cried out , officers to your alarm posts , instead of mirth and ...
... called out lustily , " the Yankees are attacking Bunker's Hill . " They who were unacquainted with the farce , thought that this was a part of it , but when gen . Howe cried out , officers to your alarm posts , instead of mirth and ...
Page 24
... called for , the ma- jority were against the attack . The commander in chief could not refrain from showing that he was greatly dissatisfied . But a negative being put on the question , the next point to be con- sidered was , whether ...
... called for , the ma- jority were against the attack . The commander in chief could not refrain from showing that he was greatly dissatisfied . But a negative being put on the question , the next point to be con- sidered was , whether ...
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... called for from the New - England colonies to assist in some grand operation meant to be undertaken between the first of February and the end of March , collected apace ; but the want of arms was prodigious . Every thing was carried on ...
... called for from the New - England colonies to assist in some grand operation meant to be undertaken between the first of February and the end of March , collected apace ; but the want of arms was prodigious . Every thing was carried on ...
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... called in the morning , and agreed to evacu- ate the town as soon as possible . The time that had been gain- ed by the Americans for strengthening their works , before any attempt could be now made upon them , took away all hope of ...
... called in the morning , and agreed to evacu- ate the town as soon as possible . The time that had been gain- ed by the Americans for strengthening their works , before any attempt could be now made upon them , took away all hope of ...
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... called up the attention of several princi- pal members in the opposition . In order , ir possible , to render the operations of war unnecessary , it was proposed to facintate the means of reconciliation . [ Nov. 7. ] To this purpose ...
... called up the attention of several princi- pal members in the opposition . In order , ir possible , to render the operations of war unnecessary , it was proposed to facintate the means of reconciliation . [ Nov. 7. ] To this purpose ...
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