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Page 993
... forming an extensive chain from Brunswick to the Delaware , and down the banks of the Delaware for several miles , so as to compose a front at the end of the line which looked over to Philadelphia . † Mr. Mersereau was employed by the ...
... forming an extensive chain from Brunswick to the Delaware , and down the banks of the Delaware for several miles , so as to compose a front at the end of the line which looked over to Philadelphia . † Mr. Mersereau was employed by the ...
Page 994
... formed the enemy would pass the Delaware . He found his numbers on inquiry less than he had any conception of , and while he communicated the fact , thus charged his confidant , Colonel Reed : For heaven's sake keep this to yourself ...
... formed the enemy would pass the Delaware . He found his numbers on inquiry less than he had any conception of , and while he communicated the fact , thus charged his confidant , Colonel Reed : For heaven's sake keep this to yourself ...
Page 995
... formed the daring plan of attacking all the British posts on the Delaware at the same instant . If successful in all , or any of these attacks , he hoped not only to wipe off the impres- sion made by his losses and by his retreat , but ...
... formed the daring plan of attacking all the British posts on the Delaware at the same instant . If successful in all , or any of these attacks , he hoped not only to wipe off the impres- sion made by his losses and by his retreat , but ...
Page 997
... forming . Trenton was held by a detachment of 1,500 Hessians and a troop of British light horse , the whole under the command of Colonel Rahl , * a Hessian veteran , who ( says Gordon , in his lively description of the affair ) , “ had ...
... forming . Trenton was held by a detachment of 1,500 Hessians and a troop of British light horse , the whole under the command of Colonel Rahl , * a Hessian veteran , who ( says Gordon , in his lively description of the affair ) , “ had ...
Page 1002
... formed the bold design of abandoning the Delaware , and marching by a circuitous route along the left flank of the British army , into its rear , at Princeton , where its strength could not be great , and after beating the troops at ...
... formed the bold design of abandoning the Delaware , and marching by a circuitous route along the left flank of the British army , into its rear , at Princeton , where its strength could not be great , and after beating the troops at ...
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Page 1506 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from 236 the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 1485 - The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
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Page 1505 - Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude.
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Page 1474 - ... let me request you to rely on the plighted faith of your country, and place a full confidence in the purity of the intentions of Congress...
Page 1027 - States under their direction; to appoint one of their number to preside; provided that no person be .allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States...
Page 1299 - We have been half of our time without provisions, and are likely to continue so. We have no magazines, nor money to form them. We have lived upon expedients, until we can live no longer. In a word, the history of the war Is a history of false hopes and temporary devices, instead of system and economy.
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