History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783Tauchnitz, 1854 |
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... despatched by Chatham , requesting a visit from the philo- sopher at Hayes . The philosopher went as invited , and some preliminary conversation ensued . Next Sunday morn- ing the Earl returned the visit in Craven Street , bringing with ...
... despatched by Chatham , requesting a visit from the philo- sopher at Hayes . The philosopher went as invited , and some preliminary conversation ensued . Next Sunday morn- ing the Earl returned the visit in Craven Street , bringing with ...
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... despatched accordingly , and which raised his whole numbers to above two thousand men . During this interval the Americans also received from their main army a large accession of force , led on by Dr. Joseph Warren the physician of ...
... despatched accordingly , and which raised his whole numbers to above two thousand men . During this interval the Americans also received from their main army a large accession of force , led on by Dr. Joseph Warren the physician of ...
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... Despatch to the Earl of Dartmouth , June 25. London Gazettes , July 25. 1775. By the French the very lowest estimate is still admitted at least in their works of fiction . Thus we find in the Bohémienne of M. Scribe , " Bunker's Hill ...
... Despatch to the Earl of Dartmouth , June 25. London Gazettes , July 25. 1775. By the French the very lowest estimate is still admitted at least in their works of fiction . Thus we find in the Bohémienne of M. Scribe , " Bunker's Hill ...
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... Despatch of General Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth , July 24. 1775 . See also Lord Barrington's Life by the Bishop of Durham ( p . 140. ) , by which it appears that so early as November 12. 1774 , the Secretary at War had suggested to ...
... Despatch of General Gage to the Earl of Dartmouth , July 24. 1775 . See also Lord Barrington's Life by the Bishop of Durham ( p . 140. ) , by which it appears that so early as November 12. 1774 , the Secretary at War had suggested to ...
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... despatched by Congress to this district on the first rumours of its danger . Clinton disembarked his men upon a sand - bank called Long - Island , from which he expected to pass over into Sullivan's by a ford . But he had been grossly ...
... despatched by Congress to this district on the first rumours of its danger . Clinton disembarked his men upon a sand - bank called Long - Island , from which he expected to pass over into Sullivan's by a ford . But he had been grossly ...
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