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... passed over the bluff , and , after once striking and glancing , fell upon Campobello island at a point about seven hundred and fifty yards from the point of richochet . The other two shots were shells , and exploded within a few yards ...
... passed over the bluff , and , after once striking and glancing , fell upon Campobello island at a point about seven hundred and fifty yards from the point of richochet . The other two shots were shells , and exploded within a few yards ...
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... passed over the Head , on learn- ing which I immediately went over , and , in company with Mr. Taylor , found where ... passing over a house and striking the earth near a barn occupied by a man named Taylor . I had awaited until then ...
... passed over the Head , on learn- ing which I immediately went over , and , in company with Mr. Taylor , found where ... passing over a house and striking the earth near a barn occupied by a man named Taylor . I had awaited until then ...
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... passed over the Head , striking as you stated in your letter . At the time we all thought the ball lodged against the ledge , and not until the next day did I know of the facts . I went over immediately on learning the circumstance and ...
... passed over the Head , striking as you stated in your letter . At the time we all thought the ball lodged against the ledge , and not until the next day did I know of the facts . I went over immediately on learning the circumstance and ...
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... passing an act more stringent in its character , such as ours of the 10th of March , 1838 , which was occasioned by a similar condition of affairs . " This request has not been complied with , though its reasonableness and necessity ...
... passing an act more stringent in its character , such as ours of the 10th of March , 1838 , which was occasioned by a similar condition of affairs . " This request has not been complied with , though its reasonableness and necessity ...
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... passed by Congress in the year 1838 for the suppression and prevention of hostile attempts prepared in the territory of the United States and directed against the government of her Majesty in Canada . The circumstances of the two cases ...
... passed by Congress in the year 1838 for the suppression and prevention of hostile attempts prepared in the territory of the United States and directed against the government of her Majesty in Canada . The circumstances of the two cases ...
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