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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... action would be the next day ; and that it would have a wonder- ful effect upon the spirits of the New - Englanders , to tell them when about engaging- " remember the fifth of March , and a- wenge yourselves for the massacre at Boston ...
... action would be the next day ; and that it would have a wonder- ful effect upon the spirits of the New - Englanders , to tell them when about engaging- " remember the fifth of March , and a- wenge yourselves for the massacre at Boston ...
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... action . Gen. Lee has left the city some time , and is gone to the southward . While there , he took care to remove the good cannon on the battery , and at the king's store amount- ing to about a hundred , to a place of safety ; a third ...
... action . Gen. Lee has left the city some time , and is gone to the southward . While there , he took care to remove the good cannon on the battery , and at the king's store amount- ing to about a hundred , to a place of safety ; a third ...
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... actions , as well as political proceedings of no less importance , were received nearly with as much indifference , as if they wholly concerned other nations with whom we were scarce connected . You must except from these observations ...
... actions , as well as political proceedings of no less importance , were received nearly with as much indifference , as if they wholly concerned other nations with whom we were scarce connected . You must except from these observations ...
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... action twenty - eight killed and wound- ed . About twenty were afterward killed in cold blood ; and se- ven or eight were carried off by the Indians . The prisoners were immediately stripped almost naked , drove to the fort , and deli ...
... action twenty - eight killed and wound- ed . About twenty were afterward killed in cold blood ; and se- ven or eight were carried off by the Indians . The prisoners were immediately stripped almost naked , drove to the fort , and deli ...
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... action . By some misfortune the Annabella got a- ground so far a - stern of the George , that the latter expected but a feeble support from her musketry . About eleven at night , the privateers anchored close by , and hailed them to ...
... action . By some misfortune the Annabella got a- ground so far a - stern of the George , that the latter expected but a feeble support from her musketry . About eleven at night , the privateers anchored close by , and hailed them to ...
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