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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... received by the court in their public character , p . 331. Preliminaries of a treaty are delivered to them , p . 332. The London merchants raise money for the relief of the American prisoners , ibid . Mi- nisterial attempts for raising ...
... received by the court in their public character , p . 331. Preliminaries of a treaty are delivered to them , p . 332. The London merchants raise money for the relief of the American prisoners , ibid . Mi- nisterial attempts for raising ...
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... received the commander in chief with every mark of respect and gratitude , which could be shown to a deliverer . [ Mar. 28. ] At his excellency's request , Dr. Elliot preached a thanksgiving sermon on the opening afresh of the ...
... received the commander in chief with every mark of respect and gratitude , which could be shown to a deliverer . [ Mar. 28. ] At his excellency's request , Dr. Elliot preached a thanksgiving sermon on the opening afresh of the ...
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... received considerable damage in our ship , but the greatest was in having our wheel - rope and blocks shot away , which gave the Glasgow time to make sail ; and I did not think proper to follow , as it would have brought on an action ...
... received considerable damage in our ship , but the greatest was in having our wheel - rope and blocks shot away , which gave the Glasgow time to make sail ; and I did not think proper to follow , as it would have brought on an action ...
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... received nearly with as much indifference , as if they wholly concerned other nations with whom we were scarce connected . You must except from these observations the people of North - Britain , who , almost to à man , so far as they ...
... received nearly with as much indifference , as if they wholly concerned other nations with whom we were scarce connected . You must except from these observations the people of North - Britain , who , almost to à man , so far as they ...
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... received some ge- neral accounts , may probably be reckoned by the Americans , as it is here by the more serious or those who favour them , a pro- vidential retaliation of the supreme Ruler on such as had depri- ved them , by a ...
... received some ge- neral accounts , may probably be reckoned by the Americans , as it is here by the more serious or those who favour them , a pro- vidential retaliation of the supreme Ruler on such as had depri- ved them , by a ...
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