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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... Chief of the British army at this time , instead of General Howe , who seems at all times to have labour- ed under some strange infatuation in his conduct of the war , the revolution would in all probability have closed here , and we ...
... Chief of the British army at this time , instead of General Howe , who seems at all times to have labour- ed under some strange infatuation in his conduct of the war , the revolution would in all probability have closed here , and we ...
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... chief ! -Labouring under so many disadvantages , with an army reduced almost to noth- ing , a militia ready to sell their services to the highest bidder , and a victorious enemy driving them from place to place , the Congress deserve ...
... chief ! -Labouring under so many disadvantages , with an army reduced almost to noth- ing , a militia ready to sell their services to the highest bidder , and a victorious enemy driving them from place to place , the Congress deserve ...
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... Chief which he sent against General M'Dougall at Peekskill , and which ended only in the destruction of a quantity of stores , he would have given a blow to the American cause , from which it could not soon have recovered . But here ...
... Chief which he sent against General M'Dougall at Peekskill , and which ended only in the destruction of a quantity of stores , he would have given a blow to the American cause , from which it could not soon have recovered . But here ...
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... Chief . So late as the 21st of May , it appears that Washington's safety was still dependent on the chance of Sir William's obtaining correct intelligence . " Nothing " says he , in a letter of that date , " but a good face and false ...
... Chief . So late as the 21st of May , it appears that Washington's safety was still dependent on the chance of Sir William's obtaining correct intelligence . " Nothing " says he , in a letter of that date , " but a good face and false ...
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... chief objects were to cut off his parties and gain possession of the passes in the mountains on his left , hastened to move his army from the low ground which they occupied , to the heights in face of the ene- my . The subsequent ...
... chief objects were to cut off his parties and gain possession of the passes in the mountains on his left , hastened to move his army from the low ground which they occupied , to the heights in face of the ene- my . The subsequent ...
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Side 145 - ... or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request, shall be furnished with a transcript of the said journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the several states.
Side 137 - Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Side 144 - ... nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States...
Side 144 - ... men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
Side 137 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Side 136 - State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively ; provided that such restrictions shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property imported into any State to any other State of which the owner is an inhabitant ; provided also, that no imposition, duties, or restriction shall be laid by any State on the property of the United States or either of them.
Side 143 - ... office — appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. THE United States in Congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated...
Side 143 - States ; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States — provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Side 137 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Side 144 - ... of the United States ; and the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled...