A History of the United States: The American RevolutionLittle, Brown, 1878 |
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... gun , 221 - The British are not able to land , 221 - They renew the attack , 222 — And are driven off , 222— The Great Bridge , 222 — Dunmore's foray , 222 - Orders a fort at Great Bridge , 223 - Dunmore proclaims martial law , 223 ...
... gun , 221 - The British are not able to land , 221 - They renew the attack , 222 — And are driven off , 222— The Great Bridge , 222 — Dunmore's foray , 222 - Orders a fort at Great Bridge , 223 - Dunmore proclaims martial law , 223 ...
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... gun ship was anchored below the Charlestown ferry . The light horse and a few men were in the town of Bos- ton ; the remainder were on Roxbury Neck , where they were deeply intrenched and strongly fortified , with outposts so far ...
... gun ship was anchored below the Charlestown ferry . The light horse and a few men were in the town of Bos- ton ; the remainder were on Roxbury Neck , where they were deeply intrenched and strongly fortified , with outposts so far ...
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... guns , and were accompanied by their squaws and lit- July . tle ones . The American rolls promised seventeen thousand men ; but Washington never had more than fourteen thousand five hundred fit for duty . The community in arms presented ...
... guns , and were accompanied by their squaws and lit- July . tle ones . The American rolls promised seventeen thousand men ; but Washington never had more than fourteen thousand five hundred fit for duty . The community in arms presented ...
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... guns and carriages from the platform ; and on the fifteenth of September , having suddenly dis- solved the last royal assembly ever held in South Carolina , he fled for refuge to comfortless quarters on board the small man - of - war ...
... guns and carriages from the platform ; and on the fifteenth of September , having suddenly dis- solved the last royal assembly ever held in South Carolina , he fled for refuge to comfortless quarters on board the small man - of - war ...
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... guns . The king's arsenal supplied cannon and balls . New gun carriages were soon con- structed , for the mechanics , almost to a man , were hearty in the cause . Hundreds of negro laborers were brought in from the country to assist in ...
... guns . The king's arsenal supplied cannon and balls . New gun carriages were soon con- structed , for the mechanics , almost to a man , were hearty in the cause . Hundreds of negro laborers were brought in from the country to assist in ...
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