Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America, from the Years 1772 to 1777 ...University of Massachusetts Press, 1972 - 480 pages |
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Page 37
... Captain Boston , however , perceived that they had brought a parcel of trinkets , such as knives , scissars , combs , and small looking - glasses , and forgotten the principal articles in question , viz . gun- powder , fire - arms , and ...
... Captain Boston , however , perceived that they had brought a parcel of trinkets , such as knives , scissars , combs , and small looking - glasses , and forgotten the principal articles in question , viz . gun- powder , fire - arms , and ...
Page 120
... captains , viz . Captain Timmons of the Harmony , Captain Lewis of the Peggy , Captain Bogard of the Olive Branch , and Captain Minet of the America , who insisted on my refusing any vessel whatever from the colony this time , and ...
... captains , viz . Captain Timmons of the Harmony , Captain Lewis of the Peggy , Captain Bogard of the Olive Branch , and Captain Minet of the America , who insisted on my refusing any vessel whatever from the colony this time , and ...
Page 246
... Captain Brant , that he burst into tears , and declared he did not wish longer to survive such galling treatment : he then departed to the Hope , truly with a broken heart . Upon his arrival he was informed that Captain Brough , the ...
... Captain Brant , that he burst into tears , and declared he did not wish longer to survive such galling treatment : he then departed to the Hope , truly with a broken heart . Upon his arrival he was informed that Captain Brough , the ...
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