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... . CAMBRIDGE : FOLSOM , WELLS , AND THURSTON , PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY . PREFACE . THE plan of this work , and the Letter from the Governor of Rhode Island, giving Rea- sons why that State did not accede to the Union.
... . CAMBRIDGE : FOLSOM , WELLS , AND THURSTON , PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY . PREFACE . THE plan of this work , and the Letter from the Governor of Rhode Island, giving Rea- sons why that State did not accede to the Union.
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... make them accord with the letters as sent to his correspondents . These imper- fect drafts viii PREFACE . Letter from General Burgoyne to General Washington Letters concerning the Transactions of Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon in the Carolinas ...
... make them accord with the letters as sent to his correspondents . These imper- fect drafts viii PREFACE . Letter from General Burgoyne to General Washington Letters concerning the Transactions of Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon in the Carolinas ...
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... letter- books . Hence the drafts , as now record- ed , do not in all cases agree precisely with the originals that were sent away . My re- searches have brought under my inspection many of these original letters . Regarding them as ...
... letter- books . Hence the drafts , as now record- ed , do not in all cases agree precisely with the originals that were sent away . My re- searches have brought under my inspection many of these original letters . Regarding them as ...
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... Letters in foreign languages , and extracts from such letters , have been translated , for the convenience of every class of readers . It will be easy to ascertain what passages are translated , by the names of the writers , who were ...
... Letters in foreign languages , and extracts from such letters , have been translated , for the convenience of every class of readers . It will be easy to ascertain what passages are translated , by the names of the writers , who were ...
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... Letter to the States . He makes a Tour to the North.- Repairs to Congress at the Request of that Body . His Farewell Address to the Army . - The British evacuate New York.- Wash- ington resigns his Commission , and retires to private ...
... Letter to the States . He makes a Tour to the North.- Repairs to Congress at the Request of that Body . His Farewell Address to the Army . - The British evacuate New York.- Wash- ington resigns his Commission , and retires to private ...
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