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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... matter of very great confequence ; and it is fuppofed that the Governor had either neglected his duty , or that they intended no longer to trust the defence of the province in his hands . Such daring proceedings would have probably ...
... matter of very great confequence ; and it is fuppofed that the Governor had either neglected his duty , or that they intended no longer to trust the defence of the province in his hands . Such daring proceedings would have probably ...
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... matter of right , and fhewing the dangers to which they were peculiarly liable from the infurrection of the flaves , a calamity which for fome time had been particularly apprehended , and which the removal of their only defence would at ...
... matter of right , and fhewing the dangers to which they were peculiarly liable from the infurrection of the flaves , a calamity which for fome time had been particularly apprehended , and which the removal of their only defence would at ...
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... matter , thought fit to withdraw to a place of more fecurity and safety . He left a meffage behind him for the Houfe of Burgeffes , informing them , that he thought A. D. 1776 THE WAR IN AMERICA , thought it 12 A. D. 1776 HISTORY OF.
... matter , thought fit to withdraw to a place of more fecurity and safety . He left a meffage behind him for the Houfe of Burgeffes , informing them , that he thought A. D. 1776 THE WAR IN AMERICA , thought it 12 A. D. 1776 HISTORY OF.
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... matter , their own example , and their endeavours to remove that general delufion which kept the minds of the people in a continual ferment , and thereby to abolish that malice and fpirit of perfecution , which now operated fo ...
... matter , their own example , and their endeavours to remove that general delufion which kept the minds of the people in a continual ferment , and thereby to abolish that malice and fpirit of perfecution , which now operated fo ...
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... matters which excited , and afterwards in- flamed the controverfy . Upon the fourteenth of June the Houfe of Bur- geffes prefented their addrefs in anfwer to the Gover- nor's fpeech , in which they entered into a long dif- cuffion of ...
... matters which excited , and afterwards in- flamed the controverfy . Upon the fourteenth of June the Houfe of Bur- geffes prefented their addrefs in anfwer to the Gover- nor's fpeech , in which they entered into a long dif- cuffion of ...
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