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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... immediately an express to congress informing them of my situation and at the same time conjuring them not to suf- fer the accursed provincial congress of New - York to defeat mea- sures so absolutely necessary to our salvation . " Many ...
... immediately an express to congress informing them of my situation and at the same time conjuring them not to suf- fer the accursed provincial congress of New - York to defeat mea- sures so absolutely necessary to our salvation . " Many ...
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... immediately proceeded down the street on the westerly side of the last hill , and destroyed about ten hou- ses , and brought off a few muskets . He performed the whole in less than an hour , without the loss of a single man killed or ...
... immediately proceeded down the street on the westerly side of the last hill , and destroyed about ten hou- ses , and brought off a few muskets . He performed the whole in less than an hour , without the loss of a single man killed or ...
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... immediately take possession of it and of the guard consisting of thirty men . This attack is executed with such dispatch , that the enemy discharge only one of their can- non . One or two men are lost on each side . Colonel Arnold ...
... immediately take possession of it and of the guard consisting of thirty men . This attack is executed with such dispatch , that the enemy discharge only one of their can- non . One or two men are lost on each side . Colonel Arnold ...
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... immediately marched opposite the shipping , with three four pounders , and threw up a breast- work . Firing between both parties after a while ensued . At length it was determined to burn the vessels , orders were issued to fire the ...
... immediately marched opposite the shipping , with three four pounders , and threw up a breast- work . Firing between both parties after a while ensued . At length it was determined to burn the vessels , orders were issued to fire the ...
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... immediately given , Upon taking possession of it , he found 40 cannon mounted and all well loaded , beside a great quantity of shot and shells , with 15 brass mortars , but missed of the grand article , 150 casks of powder , which the ...
... immediately given , Upon taking possession of it , he found 40 cannon mounted and all well loaded , beside a great quantity of shot and shells , with 15 brass mortars , but missed of the grand article , 150 casks of powder , which the ...
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