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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... first act of the affembly was the appointment of a committee to enquire into the caufe of the late disturbances . and particularly to examine the ftate of t the magazine , that neceffary meafures might be taken for fupplying the want of ...
... first act of the affembly was the appointment of a committee to enquire into the caufe of the late disturbances . and particularly to examine the ftate of t the magazine , that neceffary meafures might be taken for fupplying the want of ...
Page 24
... first degree has a rebellious found in their ears , and they are ready to conclude that fuch a people ' deferve the fevereft punishment for in- dulging fuch difloyal notions and fentiments . In free ftates , where men are accustomed to ...
... first degree has a rebellious found in their ears , and they are ready to conclude that fuch a people ' deferve the fevereft punishment for in- dulging fuch difloyal notions and fentiments . In free ftates , where men are accustomed to ...
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... first day of the new year was fignalized by the attack , when a violent cannon- ade from the Liverpool frigate , two floops of war , and the Governor's armed fhip the Dunmore , fecond- ed by parties of failors , who landed and fet fire ...
... first day of the new year was fignalized by the attack , when a violent cannon- ade from the Liverpool frigate , two floops of war , and the Governor's armed fhip the Dunmore , fecond- ed by parties of failors , who landed and fet fire ...
Page 35
... first . On this oc- cafion a few of thofe who landed were killed , as alfo fome of the townfmen and provincials . Such was the fate of the unfortunate town of Nor- folk , the moît confiderabie for commerce of any town in the colony ...
... first . On this oc- cafion a few of thofe who landed were killed , as alfo fome of the townfmen and provincials . Such was the fate of the unfortunate town of Nor- folk , the moît confiderabie for commerce of any town in the colony ...
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... first if not their principal object . This encreased his con- fidence , and rouzed him to attempt fomething in the mean time . He alfo was informed that Gen. Carleton with a fmall detachment , was on his way from New- England to meet ...
... first if not their principal object . This encreased his con- fidence , and rouzed him to attempt fomething in the mean time . He alfo was informed that Gen. Carleton with a fmall detachment , was on his way from New- England to meet ...
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