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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... motion , and the parliamentary refolutions founded thereon , His Lordship accordingly in his fpeech ufed his utmoft addrefs to carry his point : he ftated : ftated the favourable difpofition of parliament as well as 2 A. D. 1776 HISTORY OF.
... motion , and the parliamentary refolutions founded thereon , His Lordship accordingly in his fpeech ufed his utmoft addrefs to carry his point : he ftated : ftated the favourable difpofition of parliament as well as 2 A. D. 1776 HISTORY OF.
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... carried off fome of the arms . Several members of the House of Burgeffes ufed their perfonal intereft and application in getting as many of them returned back as they could . It appeared by the report of the committee , that they found ...
... carried off fome of the arms . Several members of the House of Burgeffes ufed their perfonal intereft and application in getting as many of them returned back as they could . It appeared by the report of the committee , that they found ...
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... carry on the bufinefs of the feflions with any degree of propriety or dispatch , while he was at fuch a distance , and fo inconvenient- ly fituated . They concluded by intreating him to re- turn with his Lady and family to the palace ...
... carry on the bufinefs of the feflions with any degree of propriety or dispatch , while he was at fuch a distance , and fo inconvenient- ly fituated . They concluded by intreating him to re- turn with his Lady and family to the palace ...
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... carried a - board the fhips ; plantations were ravished and deftroyed , the negroes carried off ; houfes burnt , and at laft lives loft on both fides . In one of thofe expeditions his Lordship deftroyed a number of iron cannon , and carried ...
... carried a - board the fhips ; plantations were ravished and deftroyed , the negroes carried off ; houfes burnt , and at laft lives loft on both fides . In one of thofe expeditions his Lordship deftroyed a number of iron cannon , and carried ...
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... carry off many of the dead and wounded . It was reported that the flaves did more injury to the King's party than they did to their enemies , which fhews how little they were to be trufted in any enterprize of confequence . It has been ...
... carry off many of the dead and wounded . It was reported that the flaves did more injury to the King's party than they did to their enemies , which fhews how little they were to be trufted in any enterprize of confequence . It has been ...
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