History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political, and Moral Observations : in Three VolumesManning and Loring, 1805 |
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... less difficult , in the exifting circumstances of the infant republic , to provide at once for the exigencies which the magnitude of military enterprise at this time required . The defign , if it ever was really intended , of affaulting ...
... less difficult , in the exifting circumstances of the infant republic , to provide at once for the exigencies which the magnitude of military enterprise at this time required . The defign , if it ever was really intended , of affaulting ...
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... less gratitude and devotion was expreffed toward Washington , Rochambeau , and the count de Graffe . They were the subjects of their eulo- gies and their anthems ; the admiration of the brave , and the idols of the multitude : and in ...
... less gratitude and devotion was expreffed toward Washington , Rochambeau , and the count de Graffe . They were the subjects of their eulo- gies and their anthems ; the admiration of the brave , and the idols of the multitude : and in ...
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... less magnitude than many others , is worthy of notice , from the valor of the tranfaction , and fome circumftances that at- tended it which were interwoven with the po- litical conduct of the Dutch nation . CHAP . XXIV . 1781 . CHAP ...
... less magnitude than many others , is worthy of notice , from the valor of the tranfaction , and fome circumftances that at- tended it which were interwoven with the po- litical conduct of the Dutch nation . CHAP . XXIV . 1781 . CHAP ...
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... less potent foes than those who waved the flag of Britain . The winter after the accumulated misfor- tunes occafioned by thofe convulfions , admiral- Rodney arrived in the West Indies with a strong and potent fleet and army . The army ...
... less potent foes than those who waved the flag of Britain . The winter after the accumulated misfor- tunes occafioned by thofe convulfions , admiral- Rodney arrived in the West Indies with a strong and potent fleet and army . The army ...
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... less consequence ; but with regard to the western territorial rights , the American commiffioners were tenacious indeed . The American territory has been parcelled out , and patenteed by the fovereigns of Europe , from the Atlantic to ...
... less consequence ; but with regard to the western territorial rights , the American commiffioners were tenacious indeed . The American territory has been parcelled out , and patenteed by the fovereigns of Europe , from the Atlantic to ...
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History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American ..., Volumen 3 Mercy Otis Warren Vista de fragmentos - 1970 |
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Página 308 - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
Página 449 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Página 451 - ... any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Página 448 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Página 231 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Página 449 - Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Philipeaux, to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods...
Página 451 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present War ; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property...
Página 450 - IT is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Página 448 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Página 310 - Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of -the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies...