The Bland Papers: Being a Selection from the Manuscripts of Colonel Theodorick Bland, Jr. ; to which are Prefixed an Introduction, and a Memoir of Colonel Bland, Volumes 1-2E. & J.C. Ruffin, 1840 - United States |
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Page xxvi
... British army at the head of Elk river , Colonel Bland accompanied the American army to- wards that place . The movements of the enemy threatened Philadel- phia , and Colonel Bland with his cavalry was frequently employed in ...
... British army at the head of Elk river , Colonel Bland accompanied the American army to- wards that place . The movements of the enemy threatened Philadel- phia , and Colonel Bland with his cavalry was frequently employed in ...
Page xxviii
... British army , ( under command of Burgoyne , ) captured at Sa- ratoga , were styled convention troops . These troops , after their sur- render , were removed to Cambridge , near Boston , in Massachusetts , where , under various pretexts ...
... British army , ( under command of Burgoyne , ) captured at Sa- ratoga , were styled convention troops . These troops , after their sur- render , were removed to Cambridge , near Boston , in Massachusetts , where , under various pretexts ...
Page xxix
... British troops of convention . To superintend their march to Vir- ginia Colonel Bland was appointed by the commander - in - chief , who , on the 5th of November , despatched orders to the colonel , at Bedford , to repair to head ...
... British troops of convention . To superintend their march to Vir- ginia Colonel Bland was appointed by the commander - in - chief , who , on the 5th of November , despatched orders to the colonel , at Bedford , to repair to head ...
Page xxx
... British troops ; his furniture broken to pieces ; china ware pounded up ; tobacco , corn and stock destroyed ; and a number of negroes taken off . These losses seriously impaired his fortune , and made his return to Virginia necessary ...
... British troops ; his furniture broken to pieces ; china ware pounded up ; tobacco , corn and stock destroyed ; and a number of negroes taken off . These losses seriously impaired his fortune , and made his return to Virginia necessary ...
Page 33
... British councils , persevere in their arbi- trary measures , with respect to America , God only knows ; this part of the continent , though ardently desirous of a constitutional recon- ciliation , is , to a man , determined that that ...
... British councils , persevere in their arbi- trary measures , with respect to America , God only knows ; this part of the continent , though ardently desirous of a constitutional recon- ciliation , is , to a man , determined that that ...
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