An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major General Israel Putnam |
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... Provincial troops to place their fires round their camp , which fre- quently exposed them to the enemy's scouts and patroles . A contrary practice , then un- known in the English army , prevailed among the French and Indians . The plan ...
... Provincial troops to place their fires round their camp , which fre- quently exposed them to the enemy's scouts and patroles . A contrary practice , then un- known in the English army , prevailed among the French and Indians . The plan ...
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... Provincial and one Indian were wounded on their side . These unfortu- nate men had been sent off for camp in the survived this war , and was appointed a Captain in that war which terminated in the acknowledgment of our Independence In ...
... Provincial and one Indian were wounded on their side . These unfortu- nate men had been sent off for camp in the survived this war , and was appointed a Captain in that war which terminated in the acknowledgment of our Independence In ...
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... Provincial and British officers , who became acquainted with the fact , were struck with inexpressible horror . Ticonderoga is surrounded on three sides by water ; on the fourth , for some distance , extends a dangerous morass ; the ...
... Provincial and British officers , who became acquainted with the fact , were struck with inexpressible horror . Ticonderoga is surrounded on three sides by water ; on the fourth , for some distance , extends a dangerous morass ; the ...
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... Provincial regiments suc- cessively to action , assisted in preserving or- der . It was said that a great number of the enemy were shot in the head , every other part having been concealed behind their works . The loss on our side was ...
... Provincial regiments suc- cessively to action , assisted in preserving or- der . It was said that a great number of the enemy were shot in the head , every other part having been concealed behind their works . The loss on our side was ...
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... Provincial Major in his custody ? He found Major Putnam in a comfortless condi- tion - without coat , waistcoat , or hose - the remnant of his clothing miserably dirty and ragged - his beard long and squalid -- his legs torn by thorns ...
... Provincial Major in his custody ? He found Major Putnam in a comfortless condi- tion - without coat , waistcoat , or hose - the remnant of his clothing miserably dirty and ragged - his beard long and squalid -- his legs torn by thorns ...
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Page 170 - Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the ninth day of September, AD 1818, and in the forty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Samuel Swett of the said district has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : Historical and topographical Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle, with a Plan.
Page 107 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Page 108 - The motley crew, in vessels new, With Satan for their guide, sir, Pack'd up in bags, or wooden kegs, Come driving down the tide, sir. " Therefore prepare for bloody war, — These kegs must all be routed, Or surely we despised shall be, And British courage doubted.
Page 22 - The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet toward its termination.
Page 98 - We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before. " With an humble confidence in the mercies of the supreme and impartial Judge and Ruler of the universe, we most devoutly implore his divine goodness to conduct us happily through this great conflict, to dispose our adversaries to reconciliation on reasonable terms, and thereby to relieve the empire from the calamities of civil war.
Page 170 - CLERK'S OFFIcE. BE it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, AD 1830, in the fiftyfifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Gray & Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof...
Page 47 - In the winter of 1757, when Col. Haviland was commandant at Fort Edward, the barracks adjoining to the northwest bastion took fire. They extended within twelve feet of the magazine, which contained three hundred barrels of powder. On its first discovery, the fire raged with great violence. The...
Page 98 - In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birthright, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered we have taken up arms.
Page 61 - This change of ground occasioned the tree to which Putnam was tied to be directly between the fire of the two parties. Human imagination can hardly figure to itself a more deplorable situation. The balls flew incessantly from either side, many struck the tree, while some passed through the sleeves and skirts of his coat.
Page 108 - For God's sake, what's the matter? At his bed-side he then espy'd, Sir Erskine at command, sir, Upon one foot, he had one boot, And th' other in his hand, sir. " Arise, arise, sir Erskine cries, The rebels — more's the pity, Without a boat are all afloat, And rang'd before the city.