An Impartial History of the Present War in America: Containing an Account of Its Rise and Progress, the Political Springs Thereof with Its Various Successes and Disappointments on Both Sides, Volume 2Robson, 1780 |
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... Action near the Great - Bridge -- Connelly taken-- -His Scheme for raising the Indians defeated- Lord Dunmore reduces Norfolk to afhes , & c . THE colony of Virginia , which had entered heartily into the general affociation from the ...
... Action near the Great - Bridge -- Connelly taken-- -His Scheme for raising the Indians defeated- Lord Dunmore reduces Norfolk to afhes , & c . THE colony of Virginia , which had entered heartily into the general affociation from the ...
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... action , and when he was fo far advanced , that the worst feemed nearly over , the vi- gilance or fufpicious temper of one of the commit- tees fruftrated all his hopes . He was taken up upon fufpicion with one of his affociates who ...
... action , and when he was fo far advanced , that the worst feemed nearly over , the vi- gilance or fufpicious temper of one of the commit- tees fruftrated all his hopes . He was taken up upon fufpicion with one of his affociates who ...
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... of June . They were joined before they proceeded to action by the Experiment man of war ; and the naval force then confifted of the Commodore Sir Peter Parker's fhip of 50 guns ; the Experiment Sir 80 A. D. 1776 HISTORY OF t ...
... of June . They were joined before they proceeded to action by the Experiment man of war ; and the naval force then confifted of the Commodore Sir Peter Parker's fhip of 50 guns ; the Experiment Sir 80 A. D. 1776 HISTORY OF t ...
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... action at Bunker's - hill happen- ed till this prefent time , the method of literary compo · fition , as well as the art of war , feems to have forsak- en the British miniftry and officers ; for in their ac- count of the various ...
... action at Bunker's - hill happen- ed till this prefent time , the method of literary compo · fition , as well as the art of war , feems to have forsak- en the British miniftry and officers ; for in their ac- count of the various ...
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... action the nature of the only paffage by which they could render any service to their friends , and answer the purpose of their land- ing and the end of the expedition , appears an in- tolerable want of military prudence and circumfpec ...
... action the nature of the only paffage by which they could render any service to their friends , and answer the purpose of their land- ing and the end of the expedition , appears an in- tolerable want of military prudence and circumfpec ...
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