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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... whole day , and continued it all night . Gen. Clinton sailed from Boston on the 19th , with a number of grenadiers and light infantry , as supposed for Virginia . He touched at the Hook , probably to consult gov . Tryon , and see ...
... whole day , and continued it all night . Gen. Clinton sailed from Boston on the 19th , with a number of grenadiers and light infantry , as supposed for Virginia . He touched at the Hook , probably to consult gov . Tryon , and see ...
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... whole in less than an hour , without the loss of a single man killed or wounded , though the British garrison kept up a considerable fire of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition confounded the amusement carrying on in Boston ...
... whole in less than an hour , without the loss of a single man killed or wounded , though the British garrison kept up a considerable fire of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition confounded the amusement carrying on in Boston ...
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... whole force and attention upon this , so that before it can attempt the second barrier the assailed get such a number of men behind the barrier , and in the houses , that the assailants are surrounded with a fire from treble their ...
... whole force and attention upon this , so that before it can attempt the second barrier the assailed get such a number of men behind the barrier , and in the houses , that the assailants are surrounded with a fire from treble their ...
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... whole army would have done in months . " The admiral informs him , that if the Americans possess those heights he cannot keep one of his majesty's ships in the harbour . A council of war determines to attempt dis- lodging them . General ...
... whole army would have done in months . " The admiral informs him , that if the Americans possess those heights he cannot keep one of his majesty's ships in the harbour . A council of war determines to attempt dis- lodging them . General ...
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... whole loss is estimated at more than three hundred thousand pounds sterling . However urgent the necessity , it was an odious business for a go- vernor to be himself a principal actor in burning and destroying the best town in his ...
... whole loss is estimated at more than three hundred thousand pounds sterling . However urgent the necessity , it was an odious business for a go- vernor to be himself a principal actor in burning and destroying the best town in his ...
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