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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... morning . [ Dec. 31. ] The troops assemble at the time appointed - they that are to make the attack by the way of Cape Diamond , at the general's quarters on the heights of Abraham , and are head- ed by the general - they that are to ...
... morning . [ Dec. 31. ] The troops assemble at the time appointed - they that are to make the attack by the way of Cape Diamond , at the general's quarters on the heights of Abraham , and are head- ed by the general - they that are to ...
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... morning , a party from the castle under col . Leslie joined another , amounting to about five hundred , sent over the ice to Dorchester Neck bygen . Howe . They burnt about half a dozen houses ; but the general's scheme failed . He had ...
... morning , a party from the castle under col . Leslie joined another , amounting to about five hundred , sent over the ice to Dorchester Neck bygen . Howe . They burnt about half a dozen houses ; but the general's scheme failed . He had ...
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... morning ( March 5. ) about three . It is so hazy below the height that the men cannot be seen , though it is a bright moon- light night , above on the hills . It is some time after day break before the ministerialists in Boston can ...
... morning ( March 5. ) about three . It is so hazy below the height that the men cannot be seen , though it is a bright moon- light night , above on the hills . It is some time after day break before the ministerialists in Boston can ...
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... morning through ; and till far into the afternoon , when they are convinced of the tide's being so far ebbed , that ... morning it rains excessively hard . [ March 6. ] The design of general Howe was hereby frus- trated , and a ...
... morning through ; and till far into the afternoon , when they are convinced of the tide's being so far ebbed , that ... morning it rains excessively hard . [ March 6. ] The design of general Howe was hereby frus- trated , and a ...
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... morning till night , lest they should ennoy the troops in their intended embarkation ; but the wind coming about to east , they mostly returned to their barracks again .-- [ March 16. ] The troops waiting only for a fair wind to embark ...
... morning till night , lest they should ennoy the troops in their intended embarkation ; but the wind coming about to east , they mostly returned to their barracks again .-- [ March 16. ] The troops waiting only for a fair wind to embark ...
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