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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... conducted with great privacy , it was by fome means difcovered the next morning , when the apparent fecrefy and feeming myfteriouf- nefs of the act , increased the confternation and alarm , among the inhabitants , who immediately ...
... conducted with great privacy , it was by fome means difcovered the next morning , when the apparent fecrefy and feeming myfteriouf- nefs of the act , increased the confternation and alarm , among the inhabitants , who immediately ...
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... conduct of the one'nor the hther was direct- ed by candour and difintereste dnefs . The Governor feems to have been exceedingly irritated at the be- haviour of the people in thefe commotions , and proba- bly refented it too highly ...
... conduct of the one'nor the hther was direct- ed by candour and difintereste dnefs . The Governor feems to have been exceedingly irritated at the be- haviour of the people in thefe commotions , and proba- bly refented it too highly ...
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... conduct of a Mr Henry , who was one of the provincial delegates to the general congrefs , and marched towards Williamsburgh with an avowed de- fign to obtain reftitution for the gunpowder , -but to take fuch effectual meafures for ...
... conduct of a Mr Henry , who was one of the provincial delegates to the general congrefs , and marched towards Williamsburgh with an avowed de- fign to obtain reftitution for the gunpowder , -but to take fuch effectual meafures for ...
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... conduct . As there are times when all circumftances feem to confpire towards the nourishment and increase of of po- litical , as well as natural disorders , fo it appeared now in Virginia , every thing tended to one common cen- tre of ...
... conduct . As there are times when all circumftances feem to confpire towards the nourishment and increase of of po- litical , as well as natural disorders , fo it appeared now in Virginia , every thing tended to one common cen- tre of ...
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... conduct and behaviour of the Houfe of Burgeffes , and fpecified feveral charges against that body . That they had countenanced the violent and disorder- ly proceedings of the people , particularly with regard to the magazine , which was ...
... conduct and behaviour of the Houfe of Burgeffes , and fpecified feveral charges against that body . That they had countenanced the violent and disorder- ly proceedings of the people , particularly with regard to the magazine , which was ...
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