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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... stood forth , As thunderbolts of war , -yen eagle eyed . Samuel Dewees . CAPT SAM DEWEES . Lith of Ed Weber & Cy Baltira Baltimore : PRINTED BY ROBERT NEILSON , No. 6 , South Charles street . 1844 . iv PREFACE . action between those ...
... stood forth , As thunderbolts of war , -yen eagle eyed . Samuel Dewees . CAPT SAM DEWEES . Lith of Ed Weber & Cy Baltira Baltimore : PRINTED BY ROBERT NEILSON , No. 6 , South Charles street . 1844 . iv PREFACE . action between those ...
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... stood the Volunteer shivering Sentinel bold , Battling for his Columbia's weal and not for gold , Pierced by old Winter's keen and cutting frosts , A monument of triumph truly , in justice emboss'd . " In memory of th ' illustrious dead ...
... stood the Volunteer shivering Sentinel bold , Battling for his Columbia's weal and not for gold , Pierced by old Winter's keen and cutting frosts , A monument of triumph truly , in justice emboss'd . " In memory of th ' illustrious dead ...
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... stood . He was commissioned a Captain in 1784 - sometime after which he embraced the opportunity that offered to pay military respect and honors to Columbia's noble chieftain George Washington , when President of the United States , and ...
... stood . He was commissioned a Captain in 1784 - sometime after which he embraced the opportunity that offered to pay military respect and honors to Columbia's noble chieftain George Washington , when President of the United States , and ...
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... stood one of the defenders of the city , at the advanced age of 55 . Although I am a native of Pennsylvania , the KEY STONE State in the GRAND ARCH of a NATION's exalted TRI- UMPH , yet proud I am to name Captain Dewees as one of the ...
... stood one of the defenders of the city , at the advanced age of 55 . Although I am a native of Pennsylvania , the KEY STONE State in the GRAND ARCH of a NATION's exalted TRI- UMPH , yet proud I am to name Captain Dewees as one of the ...
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... stood a defence , a tri - noble shield For Columbia's GLORY and FLAG in the tented field , When he knocks at your hearts admission to gain , Shall not be repulsed , shall not knock in vain . In accordance with the hopes expressed , this ...
... stood a defence , a tri - noble shield For Columbia's GLORY and FLAG in the tented field , When he knocks at your hearts admission to gain , Shall not be repulsed , shall not knock in vain . In accordance with the hopes expressed , this ...
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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 |
A History of the Life and Services of Captain Samuel Dewees: A Native of ... John Smith Hanna No preview available - 2015 |
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