The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Том 3author, 1788 |
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... night before the attempt could be made , the fort was of neceffity evacuated . The congrefs , before this event ... night . * See James M. Varnum's letter of August the second , 1786 , in thẹ Providence Gazette , who was the commanding ...
... night before the attempt could be made , the fort was of neceffity evacuated . The congrefs , before this event ... night . * See James M. Varnum's letter of August the second , 1786 , in thẹ Providence Gazette , who was the commanding ...
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... night , kept close in with the Jersey fhore , paffed the batteries of Philadelphia , and escaped to places of fecurity higher up . The re- maining seventeen finding an escape impracticable , were abandoned by the crews and fired . The ...
... night , kept close in with the Jersey fhore , paffed the batteries of Philadelphia , and escaped to places of fecurity higher up . The re- maining seventeen finding an escape impracticable , were abandoned by the crews and fired . The ...
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... night of the 4th of December . The day before , gen . Greene gave this diftreffing picture of the Ame- rican army to the commander in chief " One half of our troops are without breeches , fhoes and ftockings ; and fome thousands without ...
... night of the 4th of December . The day before , gen . Greene gave this diftreffing picture of the Ame- rican army to the commander in chief " One half of our troops are without breeches , fhoes and ftockings ; and fome thousands without ...
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... night they changed their ground . On Sunday from every appearance , there was reafon to apprehend an action . About fun fet , after various marches and counter - marches , they halted , and I ftill fuppofed they would attack us in the night ...
... night they changed their ground . On Sunday from every appearance , there was reafon to apprehend an action . About fun fet , after various marches and counter - marches , they halted , and I ftill fuppofed they would attack us in the night ...
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... night by fires , inftead of taking comfortable rest in a common way ) have decreased near two thousand men . - Upon the ground of safety and po- licy , I am obliged to conceal the true state of the army from public view , and thereby ...
... night by fires , inftead of taking comfortable rest in a common way ) have decreased near two thousand men . - Upon the ground of safety and po- licy , I am obliged to conceal the true state of the army from public view , and thereby ...
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