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Page 43
... neral to the British army , ought to be confidered as a spy from the enemy ; and , that agreeable to the law and ufage of nations , it is their opinion , he ought to suffer death . Washington wrote a fhort an- fwer to Sir Henry Clinton ...
... neral to the British army , ought to be confidered as a spy from the enemy ; and , that agreeable to the law and ufage of nations , it is their opinion , he ought to suffer death . Washington wrote a fhort an- fwer to Sir Henry Clinton ...
Page 44
... neral fhould fully understand the whole ftate of the bufinefs , before he proceeded to carry the judg- ment of the board into execution . Gen. Greene , the prefident of the late board , was appointed to meet Robertson ; but his compa ...
... neral fhould fully understand the whole ftate of the bufinefs , before he proceeded to carry the judg- ment of the board into execution . Gen. Greene , the prefident of the late board , was appointed to meet Robertson ; but his compa ...
Page 108
... neral chace to windward , and in fome time after , when the fhips were pretty well come up , he formed the line a - head . The im- portance and emergency of the occafion , occafioned a confulta- tion between the admirals in the night ...
... neral chace to windward , and in fome time after , when the fhips were pretty well come up , he formed the line a - head . The im- portance and emergency of the occafion , occafioned a confulta- tion between the admirals in the night ...
Page 142
... neral election , perhaps for a cen- tury , produced fo little expence in that refpect . Several members of who the late parliament , who , altho ' they did not take the trouble of declaring their fentiments to the public , were tired of ...
... neral election , perhaps for a cen- tury , produced fo little expence in that refpect . Several members of who the late parliament , who , altho ' they did not take the trouble of declaring their fentiments to the public , were tired of ...
Page 144
... neral , and after ftating the clan- deftine correfpondence which , it now appeared from Mr. Laurens's papers , the ftates of Amfterdam had long carried on with the Ame- rican rebels , and the inftructions and powers which they had given ...
... neral , and after ftating the clan- deftine correfpondence which , it now appeared from Mr. Laurens's papers , the ftates of Amfterdam had long carried on with the Ame- rican rebels , and the inftructions and powers which they had given ...
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