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... Excellency , I am induced to ask your protec- tion for Mrs. Arnold from every insult and injury that a mistaken vengeance of my country may expose her to . It ought to fall only on me ; she is as good and as innocent as an angel , and ...
... Excellency , I am induced to ask your protec- tion for Mrs. Arnold from every insult and injury that a mistaken vengeance of my country may expose her to . It ought to fall only on me ; she is as good and as innocent as an angel , and ...
Page 92
... Excellency will immediately direct , that this officer have permission to return to my orders at New York . I have the honor to be , Your obedient Servant HENRY CLINTON Three days later André wrote to Sir Henry Clinton confirming the ...
... Excellency will immediately direct , that this officer have permission to return to my orders at New York . I have the honor to be , Your obedient Servant HENRY CLINTON Three days later André wrote to Sir Henry Clinton confirming the ...
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... Excellency's goodness . I receive the greatest attention from his Excellency General Washington , and from every person under whose charge I happen to be placed . I have the honor to be , with the most respectful at- tachment , your ...
... Excellency's goodness . I receive the greatest attention from his Excellency General Washington , and from every person under whose charge I happen to be placed . I have the honor to be , with the most respectful at- tachment , your ...
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refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
John Adams writes his wife news of the Declaration of Inde | 21 |
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