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Page 115
The few that arrived at Boston were prodigiously shattered , and their cargoes
suffered greatly . Very little of the vast provision , procured at an enormous
expence , arrived at the place of its destination . The account of these disasters
rendered ...
The few that arrived at Boston were prodigiously shattered , and their cargoes
suffered greatly . Very little of the vast provision , procured at an enormous
expence , arrived at the place of its destination . The account of these disasters
rendered ...
Page 159
It was a long time before all the troops destined for this service arrived ; the first
division of the Hessians , with a number of British which attended them , failed
direally to Halifax , as Lord Howe had done , being still ignorant of the General's ...
It was a long time before all the troops destined for this service arrived ; the first
division of the Hessians , with a number of British which attended them , failed
direally to Halifax , as Lord Howe had done , being still ignorant of the General's ...
Page 163
It was a long time before all the troops destined for this service arrived ; the first
division of the Heflians , with a number of British which attended them , failed
direály to Halifax , as Lord Howe had done , being still ignorant of the General's ...
It was a long time before all the troops destined for this service arrived ; the first
division of the Heflians , with a number of British which attended them , failed
direály to Halifax , as Lord Howe had done , being still ignorant of the General's ...
Page 411
About fix days after Mr Deane arrived at YorkTown , General Sir Henry Clinton
arrived to take the cominand of the army at Philadelphia , in the room of Sir
William Howe . This was alarming and grievous to the officers and soldiers , who
...
About fix days after Mr Deane arrived at YorkTown , General Sir Henry Clinton
arrived to take the cominand of the army at Philadelphia , in the room of Sir
William Howe . This was alarming and grievous to the officers and soldiers , who
...
Page 467
When the dispatches arrived, he took the speediest means to convene the
ministers from the country, where some of them then were, That from the time of
their arrival, the greate” ex- pedition pedition had been used by him, in sending
the ...
When the dispatches arrived, he took the speediest means to convene the
ministers from the country, where some of them then were, That from the time of
their arrival, the greate” ex- pedition pedition had been used by him, in sending
the ...
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| Title | 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 2 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, James Murray |
| Author | James Murray |
| Publisher | Robson, 1780 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2012 |
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