Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, from Its Discovery to the Present Time, and a General View of Its Present Condition |
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... assistance . A committee of the Massachusetts Congress met him at Springfield , about one hun- dred miles from Boston , and conducted him to the army Immediately after his arrival , the Congress presented him an WASHINGTON .
... assistance . A committee of the Massachusetts Congress met him at Springfield , about one hun- dred miles from Boston , and conducted him to the army Immediately after his arrival , the Congress presented him an WASHINGTON .
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... Boston Bay , which were most exposed to attacks from British armed vessels . The troops were not sufficiently numerous to defend so large an extent of country , but it was difficult to make a more compact arrangement . The British army ...
... Boston Bay , which were most exposed to attacks from British armed vessels . The troops were not sufficiently numerous to defend so large an extent of country , but it was difficult to make a more compact arrangement . The British army ...
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... Boston , induced the enemy to send small parties to forage along the shores of the continent , under the pro- tection of their armed vessels . The defence of their property imposed such a heavy burden upon the seaboard towns , that the ...
... Boston , induced the enemy to send small parties to forage along the shores of the continent , under the pro- tection of their armed vessels . The defence of their property imposed such a heavy burden upon the seaboard towns , that the ...
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... Boston had become sufficiently frozen to bear the troops . Washington was now desirous to execute his plan of attacking the enemy . A council of war was again called , and was again almost unanimous against the measure . It was ...
... Boston had become sufficiently frozen to bear the troops . Washington was now desirous to execute his plan of attacking the enemy . A council of war was again called , and was again almost unanimous against the measure . It was ...
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... Boston as soon as possible . paper signed by four of the selectmen was sent out with a flag of truce , containing a proposition , which purported to come from General Howe , that the town should be left uninjured if the troops were ...
... Boston as soon as possible . paper signed by four of the selectmen was sent out with a flag of truce , containing a proposition , which purported to come from General Howe , that the town should be left uninjured if the troops were ...
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