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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... plundered by sailors from the ships of war , led by their officers under pretence of or ders from the admiral . ( March 15. ] Proclamation was made by the crier for every inhabitants to keep to his house from eleven o'clock in the ...
... plundered by sailors from the ships of war , led by their officers under pretence of or ders from the admiral . ( March 15. ] Proclamation was made by the crier for every inhabitants to keep to his house from eleven o'clock in the ...
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... plunder taken from the town , consisting of furniture and various other articles of a bulky nature . The suddenness of the evacua- tion prevented an application to Halifax for a supply of shipping to lessen the embarrassments . When the ...
... plunder taken from the town , consisting of furniture and various other articles of a bulky nature . The suddenness of the evacua- tion prevented an application to Halifax for a supply of shipping to lessen the embarrassments . When the ...
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... plunder- ed themselves , to become accomplices in plundering their bre- thren . " His majesty went to the house of peers , ( Dec. 21. ) and gave his assent to the above bill ; and to others at the same time . In the course of the ...
... plunder- ed themselves , to become accomplices in plundering their bre- thren . " His majesty went to the house of peers , ( Dec. 21. ) and gave his assent to the above bill ; and to others at the same time . In the course of the ...
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... plundered from him . At another house the Americans ran in debt about twenty shillings sterling ; and because the owner wanted to be paid , they ran him through the neck with the bayonet . Women and children have been terrified , and ...
... plundered from him . At another house the Americans ran in debt about twenty shillings sterling ; and because the owner wanted to be paid , they ran him through the neck with the bayonet . Women and children have been terrified , and ...
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... plundered , our coasts ravaged , our towns burnt , and the lives of our people destroyed . Large armies of foreign mercenaries are at this time transport- ing , to complete the works of death , desolation and tyranny , al- ready begun ...
... plundered , our coasts ravaged , our towns burnt , and the lives of our people destroyed . Large armies of foreign mercenaries are at this time transport- ing , to complete the works of death , desolation and tyranny , al- ready begun ...
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