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Page 81
... whole action , and withheld by force the pilot boat with my lieutenant and 15 men . The Alliance , too , was in a state to pursue the fleet , not having had a single man wounded or a single shot fired at her from the Serapis , and only ...
... whole action , and withheld by force the pilot boat with my lieutenant and 15 men . The Alliance , too , was in a state to pursue the fleet , not having had a single man wounded or a single shot fired at her from the Serapis , and only ...
Page 85
... whole power ; and the strongest proof , which I can give you of it , is , that the whole detachment was ready to embark at Brest on the 1st of April , if there had been a sufficient number of transports . M. Duchaffault was in the ...
... whole power ; and the strongest proof , which I can give you of it , is , that the whole detachment was ready to embark at Brest on the 1st of April , if there had been a sufficient number of transports . M. Duchaffault was in the ...
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... whole people will support me in it , and preserve the union . even if the Governor of Virginia should have the folly to attempt to prevent the militia from march- ing thro his state to put the faction in So. Carolina down and place ...
... whole people will support me in it , and preserve the union . even if the Governor of Virginia should have the folly to attempt to prevent the militia from march- ing thro his state to put the faction in So. Carolina down and place ...
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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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