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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Page 14
... enemy been fully acquainted with our situation , I ' cannot pretend to say what might have been the consequences . I this day manned the lines upon this hill , and feel a degree of pleasure that I have not felt for several days . Our ...
... enemy been fully acquainted with our situation , I ' cannot pretend to say what might have been the consequences . I this day manned the lines upon this hill , and feel a degree of pleasure that I have not felt for several days . Our ...
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... enemy had declared that if any troops came in , they would burn the city . Sears pleaded his orders , and marched on . When nearer the city he was applied to afresh , and strongly urged to remain at a distance from it ; he observed ...
... enemy had declared that if any troops came in , they would burn the city . Sears pleaded his orders , and marched on . When nearer the city he was applied to afresh , and strongly urged to remain at a distance from it ; he observed ...
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... enemy's quitting their post , and the opportunity offers for the assailants to push forward with success . But the deputy quarter master general Campbell , with the rank of a colonel , assumes the command ; and not being equal to the ...
... enemy's quitting their post , and the opportunity offers for the assailants to push forward with success . But the deputy quarter master general Campbell , with the rank of a colonel , assumes the command ; and not being equal to the ...
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... enemy out of Boston , and either end will be answered much better by possessing Dorchester heights . " General Gates was also against it . The commander in chief was evidently for it . He did not appear enough sensi- ble of the ...
... enemy out of Boston , and either end will be answered much better by possessing Dorchester heights . " General Gates was also against it . The commander in chief was evidently for it . He did not appear enough sensi- ble of the ...
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... enemy make a serious affair of Dorchester . A council of war was called to fix the time for going upon the heights ... enemy . To con- ceal the design of the Americans , and to divert the enemy's at- tention , a very heavy service of ...
... enemy make a serious affair of Dorchester . A council of war was called to fix the time for going upon the heights ... enemy . To con- ceal the design of the Americans , and to divert the enemy's at- tention , a very heavy service of ...
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