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 74
... privates and major Menzies , beside seventeen wounded . The major was buried with the honors of war at Boston . The prisoners expe- rienced the utmost civility and good treatment . A week before the capture of these transports , the Ann ...
... privates and major Menzies , beside seventeen wounded . The major was buried with the honors of war at Boston . The prisoners expe- rienced the utmost civility and good treatment . A week before the capture of these transports , the Ann ...
Page 115
... privates , drew equal shares . Can it then be wondered at , however mortifying it may prove , that a captain should ... private property ) amounted only to six sets of amputating - two of trepanning fifteen cases of pocket ...
... privates , drew equal shares . Can it then be wondered at , however mortifying it may prove , that a captain should ... private property ) amounted only to six sets of amputating - two of trepanning fifteen cases of pocket ...
Page 120
... privates . The British made only 30 privates , and 4 officers and staff , prisoners at White Plains . But the Ameri- cans conjectured at first that they had suffered a much greater loss , not less than 400 in killed , wounded and ...
... privates . The British made only 30 privates , and 4 officers and staff , prisoners at White Plains . But the Ameri- cans conjectured at first that they had suffered a much greater loss , not less than 400 in killed , wounded and ...
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... privates ; but now was willing to accept for himself and friends , in hopes of finding an inter- mission of the fatigue and persecution they had perpetually suf- fered . Some provisions were issued to the prisoners in the af- ternoon of ...
... privates ; but now was willing to accept for himself and friends , in hopes of finding an inter- mission of the fatigue and persecution they had perpetually suf- fered . Some provisions were issued to the prisoners in the af- ternoon of ...
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... privates a small relief . In about three weeks he was able to walk , and was . himself a witness of the extreme wretchedness his countrymen suffered . He could not describe their misery .. Their constitu- tions were not equal to the ...
... privates a small relief . In about three weeks he was able to walk , and was . himself a witness of the extreme wretchedness his countrymen suffered . He could not describe their misery .. Their constitu- tions were not equal to the ...
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