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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... purposes of his avarice , power , and ambition . The Virginians had always been among the freeft in expreffing their refolutions , and the readieft in fhewing their determi- nations nations to support , at all rifques and events , 4 ...
... purposes of his avarice , power , and ambition . The Virginians had always been among the freeft in expreffing their refolutions , and the readieft in fhewing their determi- nations nations to support , at all rifques and events , 4 ...
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... purpose , or even to justify apprehenfion , and the caution of stripping thefe of their locks only marked their fufpi- çion from whence it proceeded . A confiderable quan- tity of old arms and common trading guns were not touched . Upon ...
... purpose , or even to justify apprehenfion , and the caution of stripping thefe of their locks only marked their fufpi- çion from whence it proceeded . A confiderable quan- tity of old arms and common trading guns were not touched . Upon ...
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... purpose of his giving his affent to fuch bills as he fhould approve . This anfwer put an end to all pub- lic correfpondence and bufinefs between Lord Dun- more and the colony . The transferring the legislativé council and houfe of ...
... purpose of his giving his affent to fuch bills as he fhould approve . This anfwer put an end to all pub- lic correfpondence and bufinefs between Lord Dun- more and the colony . The transferring the legislativé council and houfe of ...
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... purposes of rebellion , though the Virginians affirm they were fhip guns.- Thefe proceedings occafioned the fending of fome of the new - raifed detachments to protect the coafts , and from thence enfued a little mischievous plundering ...
... purposes of rebellion , though the Virginians affirm they were fhip guns.- Thefe proceedings occafioned the fending of fome of the new - raifed detachments to protect the coafts , and from thence enfued a little mischievous plundering ...
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... purpose was dictated by wisdom ; for before he had ftormed the works of the enemy , his army must have been greatly thinned , and the colonists were likely after that to have food their ground , and to have difputed every inch with his ...
... purpose was dictated by wisdom ; for before he had ftormed the works of the enemy , his army must have been greatly thinned , and the colonists were likely after that to have food their ground , and to have difputed every inch with his ...
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