An Impartial History of the Present War in America: Containing an Account of Its Rise and Progress, the Political Springs Thereof, with Its Various Successes and Disappointments, on Both Sides, Volume 2T. Robson, 1780 - United States |
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... tion of their affemblies , and the expiration of their mi- litia laws in confequence thereof , which in that coun- ty where a great part of the people are in a state of flavery , was a circumstance of an alarming nature , yet with thefe ...
... tion of their affemblies , and the expiration of their mi- litia laws in confequence thereof , which in that coun- ty where a great part of the people are in a state of flavery , was a circumstance of an alarming nature , yet with thefe ...
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... tion , and particularly the gentlemen that removed the powder , and were most particularly obnoxious , ap- peared publicly in the streets during the time of the greatest commotion without receiving the fmalleft in- fult . A report being ...
... tion , and particularly the gentlemen that removed the powder , and were most particularly obnoxious , ap- peared publicly in the streets during the time of the greatest commotion without receiving the fmalleft in- fult . A report being ...
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... tion in the people and a defire of changing the efla- blished form of government , ferving only to afford more room for altercation , and to encrease the heat and difcontent . Several county meetings were held , the conduct cf Henry ...
... tion in the people and a defire of changing the efla- blished form of government , ferving only to afford more room for altercation , and to encrease the heat and difcontent . Several county meetings were held , the conduct cf Henry ...
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... tion , tenderness , and equity which induced the pre- fent advances towards a happy reconciliation . He dwelt upon the juftice of their contributing to the com- mon defence , and bearing an equitable proportion of the public burdens ...
... tion , tenderness , and equity which induced the pre- fent advances towards a happy reconciliation . He dwelt upon the juftice of their contributing to the com- mon defence , and bearing an equitable proportion of the public burdens ...
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... mifinforma- tion , the height of colouring , the mistaking of the af- famption of facts without proof or evidence to fupport C them . them . They then proceeded to justify the steps that A. D. 1776 . 17 THE WAR IN AMERICA .
... mifinforma- tion , the height of colouring , the mistaking of the af- famption of facts without proof or evidence to fupport C them . them . They then proceeded to justify the steps that A. D. 1776 . 17 THE WAR IN AMERICA .
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Page 169 - Upon the whole, it did not appear to your committee that his lordship's commission contained any other authority of importance than what is expressed in the act of Parliament, namely: that of granting pardons, with such exceptions as the commissioners shall think proper to make, and of declaring America, or any part of it, to be in the king's peace upon submission...
Page 362 - Gates will of course take the necessary measures for the due performance of this article. Should any carriages be wanted during the march, for the transportation of officers' baggage, they are, if possible, to be supplied by the country at the usual rates.
Page 353 - Her fondness for conquest, as a warlike nation, her lust of dominion, as an ambitious one, and her thirst...
Page 411 - The policy, as well as the benevolence of Great Britain, have thus far checked the extremes of war, when they tended to distress a people, still considered as our fellow-subjects, and to desolate a country, shortly to become again a source of mutual advantage...
Page 307 - The loss in reputation was greater to the Americans, and capable of more fatal consequences, than even that of ground, of posts, of artillery, or of men. All the contemptuous and most degrading charges which had been made by their enemies, of their wanting the resolution and abilities of men, even in their defence of whatever was dear to them, were now repeated and believed.
Page 527 - In order to fix more precisely the sense and application of the preceding article, the contracting parties declare, that in case of a rupture between France and England, the reciprocal guarantee declared in the said article, shall have its full force and effect the moment such war shall break out...
Page 525 - I If war should break out between France and Great Britain during the continuance of the present war between the United States and England, His Majesty and the said United States shall make it a common cause and aid each other mutually with their good offices, their counsels and their forces, according to the exigence of conjunctures, as becomes good and faithful allies.
Page 362 - Gates's orders, at the same rate of rations as the troops of his own army ; and if possible the officers' horses and cattle are to be supplied with forage at the usual rates.
Page 315 - Thus an army was poured forth by the woods, mountains, and marshes, which in this part were thickly sown with plantations and villages. The Americans recalled their courage, and, when their regular army seemed to be entirely wasted, the spirit of the country produced a much greater and more formidable force.
Page 105 - ... be pleased to direct some mode, by which the united applications of your faithful colonists to the throne, in pursuance of their common councils...