The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Volum 2Samuel Campbell, no. 124, Pearl-street, 1801 "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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... arrived at New - York in less than two hours after gen . Clinton arrived at the Hook , in the Mercury , toge- ther * $ ther with a transport brig . Their arrival threw A. D. 1776. ] 1.5 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... arrived at New - York in less than two hours after gen . Clinton arrived at the Hook , in the Mercury , toge- ther * $ ther with a transport brig . Their arrival threw A. D. 1776. ] 1.5 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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... arrival gave out , " If the men of war set one house on fire in consequence of my coming , I will chain a hun- dred of their friends together by the neck , and make the house their funeral pile . " He would in all likelihood , have ...
... arrival gave out , " If the men of war set one house on fire in consequence of my coming , I will chain a hun- dred of their friends together by the neck , and make the house their funeral pile . " He would in all likelihood , have ...
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... arrived . None of these things however hindred the officers from amusing . themselves , all they could , in the present situation . They had their balls and theatre , that so they might forget themselves , while seemingly forgotten by ...
... arrived . None of these things however hindred the officers from amusing . themselves , all they could , in the present situation . They had their balls and theatre , that so they might forget themselves , while seemingly forgotten by ...
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... arrived with beef , poultry and hay , the hay sold for a guinea a hundred weight , the beef for one and six - pence the pound , geese nine shilling a piece , and other arti cles proportionably , in sterling money , There was such a ...
... arrived with beef , poultry and hay , the hay sold for a guinea a hundred weight , the beef for one and six - pence the pound , geese nine shilling a piece , and other arti cles proportionably , in sterling money , There was such a ...
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... arrived from Great- Britain . Soon after , the captain sent a flag of truce , and de- manded to be informed whether his majesty's ships of war would be supplied from the shore with provisions : the reply was in the negative ; and the ...
... arrived from Great- Britain . Soon after , the captain sent a flag of truce , and de- manded to be informed whether his majesty's ships of war would be supplied from the shore with provisions : the reply was in the negative ; and the ...
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the ..., Volum 2 William Gordon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1788 |
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