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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... deserted Washington , to the number of five hundred , after he had returned to Trenton , and at the moment when a battle was expected , upon the issue of which , the ultimate fate of the country AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 5.
... deserted Washington , to the number of five hundred , after he had returned to Trenton , and at the moment when a battle was expected , upon the issue of which , the ultimate fate of the country AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 5.
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... hundred officers . It was unjustifiable , because they ought to have expected that the enemy would at least be influenced by the same spirit that actuated them ; and that instead of producing the release of 12 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... hundred officers . It was unjustifiable , because they ought to have expected that the enemy would at least be influenced by the same spirit that actuated them ; and that instead of producing the release of 12 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
Side 15
... expected his letters for the future , be written in a style more suitable to the dignity of the representative body of these free and independent States , and to his own character as their officer . Resolved , that it is altogether ...
... expected his letters for the future , be written in a style more suitable to the dignity of the representative body of these free and independent States , and to his own character as their officer . Resolved , that it is altogether ...
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... expected Congress would have done him that justice , which it was in their power to give , and which he humbly conceives they ought to have done , ' were , to say the least , ill advised and highly indecent . " It is a fact which cannot ...
... expected Congress would have done him that justice , which it was in their power to give , and which he humbly conceives they ought to have done , ' were , to say the least , ill advised and highly indecent . " It is a fact which cannot ...
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... expected us to make , thence concluding their design impracticable ; or , whether they may have an operation in view in some other quarter , the event must show . " The retreat of the British army was , as usual , attended with every ...
... expected us to make , thence concluding their design impracticable ; or , whether they may have an operation in view in some other quarter , the event must show . " The retreat of the British army was , as usual , attended with every ...
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