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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... provincials . Such was the fate of the unfortunate town of Nor- folk , the moît confiderabie for commerce of any town in the colony , and fo growing and flourishing was it before thefe unhappy troubles , that in the two years from 1773 ...
... provincials . Such was the fate of the unfortunate town of Nor- folk , the moît confiderabie for commerce of any town in the colony , and fo growing and flourishing was it before thefe unhappy troubles , that in the two years from 1773 ...
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... provincials before Boston were well covered , and well fupported in their lines . They waited with the great- eft anxiety for the fetting in of the froft , which in that part of the world fets in about Christmas , and gene- rally covers ...
... provincials before Boston were well covered , and well fupported in their lines . They waited with the great- eft anxiety for the fetting in of the froft , which in that part of the world fets in about Christmas , and gene- rally covers ...
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... provincials , the climate had fo much influence as to make both parties fond of their ease , to check the fpirit of enterprize , and to prevent the effusion of blood : fo that for near three months a great quiet prevailed . During this ...
... provincials , the climate had fo much influence as to make both parties fond of their ease , to check the fpirit of enterprize , and to prevent the effusion of blood : fo that for near three months a great quiet prevailed . During this ...
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... provincials were eager for a battle , and they were provided for an attack , and would have made fuch a refiftance as would have been fatal to our army . This defign was frustrated by a violent ftorm , which raged that night , and ...
... provincials were eager for a battle , and they were provided for an attack , and would have made fuch a refiftance as would have been fatal to our army . This defign was frustrated by a violent ftorm , which raged that night , and ...
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... difafter , have affirmed that our troops fuffered prodigiously by an heavy fire from the provincials , owing , as they affirm , to a breach of agreement 1 town . agreement on the part of General Howe , A. D. 1776 55 THE WAR IN AMERICA .
... difafter , have affirmed that our troops fuffered prodigiously by an heavy fire from the provincials , owing , as they affirm , to a breach of agreement 1 town . agreement on the part of General Howe , A. D. 1776 55 THE WAR IN AMERICA .
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