The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Volum 4author, 1788 |
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... marched from Charlotte on the 20th , and arrived at Hicks's Creek on the east fide of the Peedee on the 26th , where he remained for fome time . Here the fpirit of plun- dering which prevailed among the inhabitants added much to his ...
... marched from Charlotte on the 20th , and arrived at Hicks's Creek on the east fide of the Peedee on the 26th , where he remained for fome time . Here the fpirit of plun- dering which prevailed among the inhabitants added much to his ...
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... marches , at about ten o'clock on the evening of the 16th of January , reached the ground which Morgan had quitted but a few hours before . The purfuit recommenced by two o'clock the next morning , and was rapidly continued 17 . through ...
... marches , at about ten o'clock on the evening of the 16th of January , reached the ground which Morgan had quitted but a few hours before . The purfuit recommenced by two o'clock the next morning , and was rapidly continued 17 . through ...
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... marched the next Jan. day . Greene proceeded ; and on the 31ft , after a journey 31. of 150 miles , joined the light troops encamped at Sher- rard's Ford , on the north fide of the Catawba . They had reached the Catawba on the 28th ...
... marched the next Jan. day . Greene proceeded ; and on the 31ft , after a journey 31. of 150 miles , joined the light troops encamped at Sher- rard's Ford , on the north fide of the Catawba . They had reached the Catawba on the 28th ...
Side 39
... marched through the river upward of five hundred yards wide , and about three feet deep , without return- ing their fire , till after landing . The firing brought Davidson toward the spot . But the British were formed ; and he was soon ...
... marched through the river upward of five hundred yards wide , and about three feet deep , without return- ing their fire , till after landing . The firing brought Davidson toward the spot . But the British were formed ; and he was soon ...
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... marched without fhoes over the frozen ground , and through flinty roads , which fo gafhed their feet , that the blood marked every step of their progress . All these hardships were endured without the lofs of a fingle sentinel by ...
... marched without fhoes over the frozen ground , and through flinty roads , which fo gafhed their feet , that the blood marked every step of their progress . All these hardships were endured without the lofs of a fingle sentinel by ...
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the ..., Volum 4 William Gordon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1788 |
The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the ..., Volum 4 William Gordon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1788 |
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Side 293 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Side 297 - ... or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Side 294 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Side 351 - Almighty God hath created the mind free ; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion...
Side 294 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Side 316 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Side 297 - ... his Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of the American inhabitants...
Side 376 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved...
Side 293 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Side 376 - ... or injurious to others ; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe ; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish...