A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America: With an Appendix, and Plates, Volume 1author, 1818 - Ontario |
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Page xxiv
... Thomson . Third Edition . Philadelphia : published by Thomas Desilver ; 1816. ' ' An Impartial and Correct History of the War between the United States of America and Great Britain ; com prising a particular Detail of the Naval and ...
... Thomson . Third Edition . Philadelphia : published by Thomas Desilver ; 1816. ' ' An Impartial and Correct History of the War between the United States of America and Great Britain ; com prising a particular Detail of the Naval and ...
Page xxv
... Thomson's very minute details may be profitably employed . The History of the War , ' till the third , if not the fourth edition , was an anonymous work . At last , the people of the United States gave so loud and unequivocal proofs of ...
... Thomson's very minute details may be profitably employed . The History of the War , ' till the third , if not the fourth edition , was an anonymous work . At last , the people of the United States gave so loud and unequivocal proofs of ...
Page 61
... Thomson gravely pronounces " the escape of M'Arthur and his companions " as " truly miraculous . " * The American general , in expectation that 150 Ohio volunteers , under the command of captain Brush , were waiting at the river Raisin ...
... Thomson gravely pronounces " the escape of M'Arthur and his companions " as " truly miraculous . " * The American general , in expectation that 150 Ohio volunteers , under the command of captain Brush , were waiting at the river Raisin ...
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... Thomson afterwards dig . nifies with the title of " heroes of Brownstown . " This ridiculous stuff would excite our laughter , but that feelings of disgust and indignation are suddenly called forth by a paragraph in the " National ...
... Thomson afterwards dig . nifies with the title of " heroes of Brownstown . " This ridiculous stuff would excite our laughter , but that feelings of disgust and indignation are suddenly called forth by a paragraph in the " National ...
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... Thomson of under- rating the American force , even in the teeth of his own official accounts , it would be an over- strained concession to place implicit reliance upon the accuracy of his numbers . However , to do no more than add 50 to ...
... Thomson of under- rating the American force , even in the teeth of his own official accounts , it would be an over- strained concession to place implicit reliance upon the accuracy of his numbers . However , to do no more than add 50 to ...
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A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War ... William James No preview available - 2022 |
Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between ... William James No preview available - 2002 |
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