Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... danger was preffing and great . The ex- traordinary powers placed in the hands of General Carleton , the Governor of Canada , by a late commiffion , were new , alarming , and evidently pointed out the pur- pofes for which they were ...
... danger was preffing and great . The ex- traordinary powers placed in the hands of General Carleton , the Governor of Canada , by a late commiffion , were new , alarming , and evidently pointed out the pur- pofes for which they were ...
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... danger of the Canada war fell upon Mont- gomery , a man most eminently qualified for any military service . His firft meafure was to detach thofe Indians who had joined General Carleton from his fer- vice , and being ftrengthened by the ...
... danger of the Canada war fell upon Mont- gomery , a man most eminently qualified for any military service . His firft meafure was to detach thofe Indians who had joined General Carleton from his fer- vice , and being ftrengthened by the ...
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... danger was foon increased by the arrival of General Mont- gomery at Montreal , where a ca- pitulation was propofed by the principal French and English inha- bitants , including a kind of gene- ral treaty , which Montgomery re- fufed ...
... danger was foon increased by the arrival of General Mont- gomery at Montreal , where a ca- pitulation was propofed by the principal French and English inha- bitants , including a kind of gene- ral treaty , which Montgomery re- fufed ...
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... danger from an unexpected quarter , As it was impracticable to fave the fhips , General Prefcot was obliged to enter into a capi- tulation with the Provincials , by which the whole of the river naval force , confifting of eleven armed ...
... danger from an unexpected quarter , As it was impracticable to fave the fhips , General Prefcot was obliged to enter into a capi- tulation with the Provincials , by which the whole of the river naval force , confifting of eleven armed ...
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... danger of the navigation . The militia , however , had been lately embodied by the Lieute- nant - Governor . Such was the state of Nov. 9th . civil officers , became , excepting the British military , the only fa- vourites ; and thefe ...
... danger of the navigation . The militia , however , had been lately embodied by the Lieute- nant - Governor . Such was the state of Nov. 9th . civil officers , became , excepting the British military , the only fa- vourites ; and thefe ...
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