A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volum 2F. Betts, 1822 |
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Side v
... Congress ... Resignation of the President ... Henry Laurens appointed President ... Colonel Wilkinson delivers a message to Con- gress from General Gates ... Is brevetted a Brigadier Gene- ral ... General Mifflin resigns as Quarter ...
... Congress ... Resignation of the President ... Henry Laurens appointed President ... Colonel Wilkinson delivers a message to Con- gress from General Gates ... Is brevetted a Brigadier Gene- ral ... General Mifflin resigns as Quarter ...
Side vi
... Congress return to Philadel- phia ... Lieutenant Brown shot by a centinel at Cambridge ... Arrival of Count D'Estaing with a French fleet ... Pursues Lord Howe to New - York , and blockades him there ... Sails to Rhode Island to assist ...
... Congress return to Philadel- phia ... Lieutenant Brown shot by a centinel at Cambridge ... Arrival of Count D'Estaing with a French fleet ... Pursues Lord Howe to New - York , and blockades him there ... Sails to Rhode Island to assist ...
Side ix
... Congress resolve to issue a new species of paper bills ... They fix the value of loan certificates ... Situation of the American army at Morristown ... Their distresses relieved by the people of Jersey ... Severity of the winter ...
... Congress resolve to issue a new species of paper bills ... They fix the value of loan certificates ... Situation of the American army at Morristown ... Their distresses relieved by the people of Jersey ... Severity of the winter ...
Side x
... Congress resolve to erect a monu- ment to the memory of the Baron de Kalb ... Sir Henry Clinton sends reinforcements to the south ... Congress or- der a Court Martial on General Gates ... General Greene appointed to the command of the ...
... Congress resolve to erect a monu- ment to the memory of the Baron de Kalb ... Sir Henry Clinton sends reinforcements to the south ... Congress or- der a Court Martial on General Gates ... General Greene appointed to the command of the ...
Side 10
... Congress now placed in the integrity of a man so late- ly and so suddenly raised to this high rank against the wishes of a numerous and powerful party , spoke more in his praise than all which could have been said by his most zealous ...
... Congress now placed in the integrity of a man so late- ly and so suddenly raised to this high rank against the wishes of a numerous and powerful party , spoke more in his praise than all which could have been said by his most zealous ...
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