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Page 12
... pofed to contribute fo much to the fecurity of the ftate , that all at- tempts for its removal , would have been not only ineffectual but dan- gerous . This relick of barbarism , which had fo long been the opprobrium of the chriftian ...
... pofed to contribute fo much to the fecurity of the ftate , that all at- tempts for its removal , would have been not only ineffectual but dan- gerous . This relick of barbarism , which had fo long been the opprobrium of the chriftian ...
Page 16
... pofed , was then paffing over to Staten Island . The reception they met , and the appearances they difcovered , foon convinced them of their error , and they retired with precipitation . It is not eafy to account , for the inaction in ...
... pofed , was then paffing over to Staten Island . The reception they met , and the appearances they difcovered , foon convinced them of their error , and they retired with precipitation . It is not eafy to account , for the inaction in ...
Page 43
... be founded , pro- pofed to fend Lieut . Gen. Ro- bertfon , the governor of New York , and two other gentlemen , as well to give his excellency a true true fate of facts , as to explain and declare HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 43.
... be founded , pro- pofed to fend Lieut . Gen. Ro- bertfon , the governor of New York , and two other gentlemen , as well to give his excellency a true true fate of facts , as to explain and declare HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 43.
Page 65
... pofed numerous loyalists who in- habited that province . In purfuance of this plan , the army encamped , on the 13th of March , at the Quaker Meeting- houfe , within the forks of the Deep River . On the following day , Lord Cornwallis ...
... pofed numerous loyalists who in- habited that province . In purfuance of this plan , the army encamped , on the 13th of March , at the Quaker Meeting- houfe , within the forks of the Deep River . On the following day , Lord Cornwallis ...
Page 66
... pofed of the two North Carolina brigades of militia , under their own Generals Butler and Eaton . The fecond line , drawn up at a proper diftance in the wood , was compofed of two brigades of Vir- ginia militia , commanded by the ...
... pofed of the two North Carolina brigades of militia , under their own Generals Butler and Eaton . The fecond line , drawn up at a proper diftance in the wood , was compofed of two brigades of Vir- ginia militia , commanded by the ...
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