History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783Tauchnitz, 1854 |
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... arms Generosity of General Schuyler . General reflections Numbers on both sides • Hostile feeling of Gates to Washington Washington's noble conduct The Convention troops marched to Massachusetts Their ill - treatment Trial of Colonel ...
... arms Generosity of General Schuyler . General reflections Numbers on both sides • Hostile feeling of Gates to Washington Washington's noble conduct The Convention troops marched to Massachusetts Their ill - treatment Trial of Colonel ...
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... arms , but he felt the necessity of being prepared for either alternative . With that view he recalled Governor Hutchinson from Boston , and sent in his place a veteran of tried conduct , and high in command of the troops , General Gage ...
... arms , but he felt the necessity of being prepared for either alternative . With that view he recalled Governor Hutchinson from Boston , and sent in his place a veteran of tried conduct , and high in command of the troops , General Gage ...
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... arms . Just after the first blow had been struck Washington referred to them with a feeling of just resent- ment , though , as usual with him , in a tone of dignified for- bearance . " This , " says he , " may serve to convince Lord ...
... arms . Just after the first blow had been struck Washington referred to them with a feeling of just resent- ment , though , as usual with him , in a tone of dignified for- bearance . " This , " says he , " may serve to convince Lord ...
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... arms at least once in every week . According to the terms of the recent Act of Parliament thirty - six persons had been named by the Crown as members of the Council for this province , but only twenty - four would consent to take the ...
... arms at least once in every week . According to the terms of the recent Act of Parliament thirty - six persons had been named by the Crown as members of the Council for this province , but only twenty - four would consent to take the ...
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... arms at a minute's warning . guard against such projects a Royal Proclamation was issued in England forbidding the export of arms and am- munition to the Colonies . The news of that Proclamation added fuel to the flame . Several riots ...
... arms at a minute's warning . guard against such projects a Royal Proclamation was issued in England forbidding the export of arms and am- munition to the Colonies . The news of that Proclamation added fuel to the flame . Several riots ...
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