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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... resolve to recal Mr. Silas Deane , p . 294 - resolve respecting a loan from France and Spain , p . 296 - respecting the deputy clothier general at Boston , p . 297. The convention troops at Cambridge , and the resolutions of congress ...
... resolve to recal Mr. Silas Deane , p . 294 - resolve respecting a loan from France and Spain , p . 296 - respecting the deputy clothier general at Boston , p . 297. The convention troops at Cambridge , and the resolutions of congress ...
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... resolve , that the congress do assume the name and power of a house of representatives : that they pro- ceed to choose twelve persons , to be a distinct branch of the legislature , by the name of a council for this colony ; and that no ...
... resolve , that the congress do assume the name and power of a house of representatives : that they pro- ceed to choose twelve persons , to be a distinct branch of the legislature , by the name of a council for this colony ; and that no ...
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... resolved upon disarming them , and providing for the future tranquility of those parts . They com- mitted the business to gen . Scuyler . The general having no troops at Albany to carry into execution their resolutions , was under the ...
... resolved upon disarming them , and providing for the future tranquility of those parts . They com- mitted the business to gen . Scuyler . The general having no troops at Albany to carry into execution their resolutions , was under the ...
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... resolve , " That no oath by way of test be imposed upon , exacted or required of any of the inhabitants of these colonies , by any military officer . " In many of the streets of the city there are breast - works , barrica- does , & c ...
... resolve , " That no oath by way of test be imposed upon , exacted or required of any of the inhabitants of these colonies , by any military officer . " In many of the streets of the city there are breast - works , barrica- does , & c ...
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... resolved , ( Jan. 15. ) That to express the veneration of the U. Colonies for their late general , Richard Montgomery , and the deep sense they entertain ofthe many signal and important services of that gallant officer ; and to transmit ...
... resolved , ( Jan. 15. ) That to express the veneration of the U. Colonies for their late general , Richard Montgomery , and the deep sense they entertain ofthe many signal and important services of that gallant officer ; and to transmit ...
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