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... march into Boston at the head of his victorious troops . The forced evacuation of Boston , in March , 1776 , was the first real American victory of the Revolution . On the tenth day of January that year of 1776 Thomas Paine's pamphlet ...
... march into Boston at the head of his victorious troops . The forced evacuation of Boston , in March , 1776 , was the first real American victory of the Revolution . On the tenth day of January that year of 1776 Thomas Paine's pamphlet ...
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... march , the day of our attack ; of which we had infor- mation in the morning , and from which circumstance it was with much difficulty I could prevail on the Bashaw's army to advance to the city and to obey my dispositions . The camp ...
... march , the day of our attack ; of which we had infor- mation in the morning , and from which circumstance it was with much difficulty I could prevail on the Bashaw's army to advance to the city and to obey my dispositions . The camp ...
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... march two hundred thousand men in forty days to quell any and every insurrection , or rebellion that might arise to threaten our glorious confederacy , a union , upon which our liberty prosperity and happiness rests . I repeat to the ...
... march two hundred thousand men in forty days to quell any and every insurrection , or rebellion that might arise to threaten our glorious confederacy , a union , upon which our liberty prosperity and happiness rests . I repeat to the ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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