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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... expected . The danger of the members of the coun- cil and house of representatives in fuch a fituation , if on other accounts it were poffible they could put themselves into it , was no lefs than Lord Dunmore's could be upon land . To ...
... expected . The danger of the members of the coun- cil and house of representatives in fuch a fituation , if on other accounts it were poffible they could put themselves into it , was no lefs than Lord Dunmore's could be upon land . To ...
Page 29
... expected that the facility and good difpofition which he experienced here would have been fo general as to have enabled him to have raised a confiderable body of armed troops , and probably without any foreign affiftance , to have had ...
... expected that the facility and good difpofition which he experienced here would have been fo general as to have enabled him to have raised a confiderable body of armed troops , and probably without any foreign affiftance , to have had ...
Page 32
... expected to draw fome affiftance , at least of volunteers and offi- cers , from the nearest parts of Canada . He himself was to grant all commiffions to the officers , and to have the fupreme command of the new forces in all things ...
... expected to draw fome affiftance , at least of volunteers and offi- cers , from the nearest parts of Canada . He himself was to grant all commiffions to the officers , and to have the fupreme command of the new forces in all things ...
Page 48
... expected . Their expectation probably had fome influence upon their operations , and their continuing more quiet than they otherwise would have done . The arrival of a copy of the King's . fpeech , with an account of the fate of the ...
... expected . Their expectation probably had fome influence upon their operations , and their continuing more quiet than they otherwise would have done . The arrival of a copy of the King's . fpeech , with an account of the fate of the ...
Page 60
... expected , that they would have left agarri- fon in Cafle William to have kept the command of the harbour ; but this was not thought a fafe measure . By the motions of the colonists , and particularly their taking their stations on the ...
... expected , that they would have left agarri- fon in Cafle William to have kept the command of the harbour ; but this was not thought a fafe measure . By the motions of the colonists , and particularly their taking their stations on the ...
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