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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... ; the royalifts affirmed that the rebels burnt a great part of it themselves , and they on the other hand throw the whole of the charge upon Lord Dunmore Dunmore and the King's friends . From a Gazette , HISTORY OF A. D. 1776.
... ; the royalifts affirmed that the rebels burnt a great part of it themselves , and they on the other hand throw the whole of the charge upon Lord Dunmore Dunmore and the King's friends . From a Gazette , HISTORY OF A. D. 1776.
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... friends . From a Gazette , Jublished in the Governor's fhip , whither he had re- moved the printing prefs , it appears that it was only it tended to destroy that part of the town which most annoyed the fhips ; but Lord Dunmore's ...
... friends . From a Gazette , Jublished in the Governor's fhip , whither he had re- moved the printing prefs , it appears that it was only it tended to destroy that part of the town which most annoyed the fhips ; but Lord Dunmore's ...
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... friendship with Great Britain ; but on failure thereof , the confedera- tion was to be perpetual . The people in general were not however fufficient- ly provoked , nor their affections and prejudices fuffi- ciently broken , to accede to ...
... friendship with Great Britain ; but on failure thereof , the confedera- tion was to be perpetual . The people in general were not however fufficient- ly provoked , nor their affections and prejudices fuffi- ciently broken , to accede to ...
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... friends , exposed to all the confequences of that contempt and averfion , with which a great part of them were regarded by the fol- diers , and at the fame time in want of every neceffary of life . Grievous however as this fituation was ...
... friends , exposed to all the confequences of that contempt and averfion , with which a great part of them were regarded by the fol- diers , and at the fame time in want of every neceffary of life . Grievous however as this fituation was ...
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... friends to fupply the neceffity of wants created by yielding obedience to an authority to which the conftitution never had nor could give any fanction . Severe afflictions brought on in the course of providence , in which men have ...
... friends to fupply the neceffity of wants created by yielding obedience to an authority to which the conftitution never had nor could give any fanction . Severe afflictions brought on in the course of providence , in which men have ...
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