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 22
... 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 advanced party with capt . Morgan's company attack the battery , some firing ...
... 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 advanced party with capt . Morgan's company attack the battery , some firing ...
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... fires were discovered in several houses so circumstanced as to inti- mate a design of setting them on fire , which was happily frustrated . Nothing but prevailing prejudice will impute such design to any other than some unprincipled ...
... fires were discovered in several houses so circumstanced as to inti- mate a design of setting them on fire , which was happily frustrated . Nothing but prevailing prejudice will impute such design to any other than some unprincipled ...
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... fire - ship , about ten o'clock at night , in order to fire the shipping ; and drew up ready to attack the walls , if the fire should take place . They were provided with ladders , and their scheme was well laid . Had it succeeded , the ...
... fire - ship , about ten o'clock at night , in order to fire the shipping ; and drew up ready to attack the walls , if the fire should take place . They were provided with ladders , and their scheme was well laid . Had it succeeded , the ...
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... fire at her cominenced ; the people on board , finding that they were no longer conceal- ed , lighted the train , and in a moment she was in a blaze ; her sails took fire , and checked her way ; and the tide beginning to ebb , she ...
... fire at her cominenced ; the people on board , finding that they were no longer conceal- ed , lighted the train , and in a moment she was in a blaze ; her sails took fire , and checked her way ; and the tide beginning to ebb , she ...
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... fire from the enemy , which struck them with terror . The fire was instantly repeated ; and though the balls flew over the heads of the troops , without doing any ma , terial execution , they gave way and crowded back in the utmost ...
... fire from the enemy , which struck them with terror . The fire was instantly repeated ; and though the balls flew over the heads of the troops , without doing any ma , terial execution , they gave way and crowded back in the utmost ...
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