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1 > pede or contravene such proceedings as should be adopted and pursued by
the province in general , nor give any information , aid , or aslistance to any
British troops as should at any time arrive in it ; so they were to be entirely free in
their ...
1 > pede or contravene such proceedings as should be adopted and pursued by
the province in general , nor give any information , aid , or aslistance to any
British troops as should at any time arrive in it ; so they were to be entirely free in
their ...
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were not how to consider the questions of the original right or wrong , justice or
injustice ; we were now engaged in a war , and mult uië our utiñaft efforts to obe
tain the ends proposed by it ; we must fight or be pursued ; and the justice of the ...
were not how to consider the questions of the original right or wrong , justice or
injustice ; we were now engaged in a war , and mult uië our utiñaft efforts to obe
tain the ends proposed by it ; we must fight or be pursued ; and the justice of the ...
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... and witha drawing his troops from Brunswick , retreated with the whole army
towards Amböy . This partly produced the effect which he intended . The army
was eagerly pursued by several large bodies of provincial regulars , as well as of
the ...
... and witha drawing his troops from Brunswick , retreated with the whole army
towards Amböy . This partly produced the effect which he intended . The army
was eagerly pursued by several large bodies of provincial regulars , as well as of
the ...
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that the country was woody , strong , and enclosed , that the pursuit they made
was aitended with no effect ; and one thing which proves the provincials were not
hard pursued , they carried their cannon clear off . It is manifest in this ...
that the country was woody , strong , and enclosed , that the pursuit they made
was aitended with no effect ; and one thing which proves the provincials were not
hard pursued , they carried their cannon clear off . It is manifest in this ...
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The ministry certainly did not make a fair estimate of the profit and lofs that would
arise to the empire in pursuing this ... be measures had been pursued for half a
century , there would have been very little difference between the inhabibitants of
...
The ministry certainly did not make a fair estimate of the profit and lofs that would
arise to the empire in pursuing this ... be measures had been pursued for half a
century , there would have been very little difference between the inhabibitants of
...
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| Title | 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 2 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, James Murray |
| Author | James Murray |
| Publisher | Robson, 1780 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2012 |
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