Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 5R. W. Pomeroy, 1823 |
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... enemy in their march towards Philadelphia . The national legislature , finding the army on the eve of dissolu- tion , and aware of the fearful results which might be produced by a dependance on militia , always a more expensive but less ...
... enemy in their march towards Philadelphia . The national legislature , finding the army on the eve of dissolu- tion , and aware of the fearful results which might be produced by a dependance on militia , always a more expensive but less ...
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... enemy , on the first capture of a prisoner , to keep him three , four , and even five days , without a morsel of provisions of any kind , and then to tempt him to enlist with the new levies , in order to save his life ; that there were ...
... enemy , on the first capture of a prisoner , to keep him three , four , and even five days , without a morsel of provisions of any kind , and then to tempt him to enlist with the new levies , in order to save his life ; that there were ...
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... enemy's ad- vance in the full career of conquest , Robert Mor- ris was the principal contributor ; because , without the pecuniary aid furnished by him , the exertions and plans of the commander - in - chief could not have been carried ...
... enemy's ad- vance in the full career of conquest , Robert Mor- ris was the principal contributor ; because , without the pecuniary aid furnished by him , the exertions and plans of the commander - in - chief could not have been carried ...
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