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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... town of Erie ( on the margin of lake Eric ) in Pa . , and there picture to themselves thousands of soldiers stand- ing mid - leg in snow and water and enduring a northern or north - western wind that had swept the surface of that body ...
... town of Erie ( on the margin of lake Eric ) in Pa . , and there picture to themselves thousands of soldiers stand- ing mid - leg in snow and water and enduring a northern or north - western wind that had swept the surface of that body ...
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... town in Wayne county , Pa . , and situated towards the head of the Delaware river , at Easton , Pa . , and at Elizabethtown Point in Jersey . Is it futile to put the language of the poet into the mouth of him who has so faithfully aided ...
... town in Wayne county , Pa . , and situated towards the head of the Delaware river , at Easton , Pa . , and at Elizabethtown Point in Jersey . Is it futile to put the language of the poet into the mouth of him who has so faithfully aided ...
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... town of Reading , in Berk's County Pennsylvania . My father's name was Samuel Dewees , and was by trade a leather breeches maker . At the time of my birth however my father was master collier at the above named furnace . My father's ...
... town of Reading , in Berk's County Pennsylvania . My father's name was Samuel Dewees , and was by trade a leather breeches maker . At the time of my birth however my father was master collier at the above named furnace . My father's ...
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... town of Lexington and a number of houses were consumed . At West Cambridge the colonists were joined by the noble Warren , and also by General Heath , and the mi- litia encouraged by their presence poured in upon the royalists a very ...
... town of Lexington and a number of houses were consumed . At West Cambridge the colonists were joined by the noble Warren , and also by General Heath , and the mi- litia encouraged by their presence poured in upon the royalists a very ...
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... town of Charlestown to be fired . The British marched up the hill for the purpose of destroying the American works , but the Americans reserved their fire until " within ten rods " of the works . They then com- menced a destructive fire ...
... town of Charlestown to be fired . The British marched up the hill for the purpose of destroying the American works , but the Americans reserved their fire until " within ten rods " of the works . They then com- menced a destructive fire ...
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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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