Patrick Henry and His WorldDoubleday, 1969 - 498 pages On May 29, 1765, a young backwoods lawyer named Patrick Henry rose in the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, Virginia, and offered exciting resolutions that were the prelude to the American Declaration of Independence. This is an account of that young lawyer, the politics of his day, and his part in our early history. |
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... force could do nothing about Dunmore's fleet which was cruising un- molested well beyond the range of any guns the ... forces , and remained so for several years , though British men - of - war continued to patrol the ocean coast ...
... force could do nothing about Dunmore's fleet which was cruising un- molested well beyond the range of any guns the ... forces , and remained so for several years , though British men - of - war continued to patrol the ocean coast ...
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... force took Portsmouth when the garrison there , too weak to resist , had to flee , having first destroyed " one capital ship of the State , and one or two private ones loaded with tobacco " to prevent these from falling into the hands ...
... force took Portsmouth when the garrison there , too weak to resist , had to flee , having first destroyed " one capital ship of the State , and one or two private ones loaded with tobacco " to prevent these from falling into the hands ...
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... forces , so that she could not bring her full might to bear on Americans and their French allies . Britain was having ... force , composed largely of Carolina Tories , at the battle of King's Mountain . Feeling that his western flank was ...
... forces , so that she could not bring her full might to bear on Americans and their French allies . Britain was having ... force , composed largely of Carolina Tories , at the battle of King's Mountain . Feeling that his western flank was ...
Contents
A Day to Remember | 1 |
A Hard School | 11 |
At Sheltons Tavern | 29 |
Copyright | |
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