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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... plunder taken from the town , consisting of furniture and various other articles of a bulky nature . The suddenness of the evacua tion prevented an application to Halifax for a supply of shipping to lessen the embarrassments . When the ...
... plunder taken from the town , consisting of furniture and various other articles of a bulky nature . The suddenness of the evacua tion prevented an application to Halifax for a supply of shipping to lessen the embarrassments . When the ...
Side 54
... plunder- ed themselves , to become accomplices in plundering their bre- thren . " His majesty went to the house of peers , ( Dec. 21. ) and gave his assent to the above bill ; and to others at the same time . In the course of the ...
... plunder- ed themselves , to become accomplices in plundering their bre- thren . " His majesty went to the house of peers , ( Dec. 21. ) and gave his assent to the above bill ; and to others at the same time . In the course of the ...
Side 103
... plunder . The river is a mile or more across ; and yet the retreat was effected in less than thirteen hours , a great part of which time it rained hard . Had it not been for the providential shifting of the wind , not more than half the ...
... plunder . The river is a mile or more across ; and yet the retreat was effected in less than thirteen hours , a great part of which time it rained hard . Had it not been for the providential shifting of the wind , not more than half the ...
Side 141
... plunder at the Cedars , taken contrary to the faith of the capitulation . Thus the hostages have been left in Canada unredeemed . Capt . Sullivan has written to his brother the ge- neral , from Montreal , August the 14th , and expressed ...
... plunder at the Cedars , taken contrary to the faith of the capitulation . Thus the hostages have been left in Canada unredeemed . Capt . Sullivan has written to his brother the ge- neral , from Montreal , August the 14th , and expressed ...
Side 142
... plunder . He wanted a sword and a watchs and in order to supply himself shot general Gordon as he was riding unarmed from St. John's toward Chamblee . The general died a few days after . This , as was natural , raised the resent- ment ...
... plunder . He wanted a sword and a watchs and in order to supply himself shot general Gordon as he was riding unarmed from St. John's toward Chamblee . The general died a few days after . This , as was natural , raised the resent- ment ...
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the ..., Volum 2 William Gordon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1788 |
The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the ..., Volum 2 William Gordon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1801 |
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