A History of the Life and Services of Captain Samuel Dewees: A Native of Pennsylvania, and Soldier of the Revolutionary and Last Wars. Also, Reminiscences of the Revolutionary Struggle...and Late War with Great Britain. In All of which He was Patriotically Engaged |
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Page 19
... ordered from Carlisle Barracks , against the Indians then engaged in butchering the inhabitants of that region of country . In that expedition a drummer was shot down near to where he ( Capt . Dewees ) stood . He was commissioned a ...
... ordered from Carlisle Barracks , against the Indians then engaged in butchering the inhabitants of that region of country . In that expedition a drummer was shot down near to where he ( Capt . Dewees ) stood . He was commissioned a ...
Page 21
... ordered twelve new regiments to be raised for the purpose of being in readi- ness to repel the expected attacks of France - at this critical posture in the affairs of our country , where do we find Captain Dewees , whose aged heart ...
... ordered twelve new regiments to be raised for the purpose of being in readi- ness to repel the expected attacks of France - at this critical posture in the affairs of our country , where do we find Captain Dewees , whose aged heart ...
Page 33
... he tied full of knots ordering me at the same time to haul off my roundabout and jacket this done he set himself to work to beat me . He whipped me until he became tired . He then stopped a short while . CAPTAIN SAMUEL DEWEES . 33.
... he tied full of knots ordering me at the same time to haul off my roundabout and jacket this done he set himself to work to beat me . He whipped me until he became tired . He then stopped a short while . CAPTAIN SAMUEL DEWEES . 33.
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... ordered me to strip off my jacket - I did so , or rather he took it from off me . He then began to play away upon me , with the hickory weith and I began to dance to its all inspiring music of unmerciful harhness , and so we had it ...
... ordered me to strip off my jacket - I did so , or rather he took it from off me . He then began to play away upon me , with the hickory weith and I began to dance to its all inspiring music of unmerciful harhness , and so we had it ...
Page 45
... ordered it on to an attack of Crown Point . This post was captured also without firing a gun . To these successes were added the cap- ture of a sloop of war on Lake Champlain , by Captain Benedict Arnold , in command of a small schooner ...
... ordered it on to an attack of Crown Point . This post was captured also without firing a gun . To these successes were added the cap- ture of a sloop of war on Lake Champlain , by Captain Benedict Arnold , in command of a small schooner ...
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A History of the Life and Services of Captain Samuel Dewees, a Native of ... John Smith Hanna No preview available - 2017 |
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