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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... killed in an attack upon Quebec , p . 22. Preparations for tak- ing possession of Dorchester Heights , p . 25. The Americans possess themselves of the same , p . 26. General Howe resolves upon evacuating Boston , p . 28 - evacuates it ...
... killed in an attack upon Quebec , p . 22. Preparations for tak- ing possession of Dorchester Heights , p . 25. The Americans possess themselves of the same , p . 26. General Howe resolves upon evacuating Boston , p . 28 - evacuates it ...
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... killed or wounded , though the British garrison kept up a considerable fire of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition confounded the amusement carrying on in Boston , at the same instant . The British soldiers were much afflicted ...
... killed or wounded , though the British garrison kept up a considerable fire of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition confounded the amusement carrying on in Boston , at the same instant . The British soldiers were much afflicted ...
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... killed and wounded about a hundred - one captain and two lieutenants killed - col . Arnold , two captains , two lien- tenants , and a brigade major , wounded . The loss of the gene- ral's division is , the general , his aid , capt ...
... killed and wounded about a hundred - one captain and two lieutenants killed - col . Arnold , two captains , two lien- tenants , and a brigade major , wounded . The loss of the gene- ral's division is , the general , his aid , capt ...
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... civil authori- ty . Thus the whole town was reduced to ashes , that the enemy might have no shelter , should they be inclined to establish a post on on the spot . A few men were killed and A. D. 1776. ] 35 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... civil authori- ty . Thus the whole town was reduced to ashes , that the enemy might have no shelter , should they be inclined to establish a post on on the spot . A few men were killed and A. D. 1776. ] 35 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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William Gordon. on the spot . A few men were killed and wounded on both sides at the burning of Norfolk , the most populous and considerable town for commerce of any in the colony . It contained about 6000 inhabitants , and many in ...
William Gordon. on the spot . A few men were killed and wounded on both sides at the burning of Norfolk , the most populous and considerable town for commerce of any in the colony . It contained about 6000 inhabitants , and many in ...
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