History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political, and Moral Observations : in Three VolumesManning and Loring, 1805 - United States |
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... arm was here ... .................. . And not to us , but to thy arm alone , Ascribe we all . ST . PAUL . SHAKESPEARE . · VOL . II . BOSTON : PRINTED BY MANNING AND LORING , FOR E. LARKIN , No. 47 , CORNHILL . 1805 . 5 . Checked May ...
... arm was here ... .................. . And not to us , but to thy arm alone , Ascribe we all . ST . PAUL . SHAKESPEARE . · VOL . II . BOSTON : PRINTED BY MANNING AND LORING , FOR E. LARKIN , No. 47 , CORNHILL . 1805 . 5 . Checked May ...
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... arms in the Caro- linas . It was indeed too long for the intereft of the crown of Great Britain , before fir Henry Clin- ton could prevail with himself to look beyond the defence of New York . But when he found the allied armies had in ...
... arms in the Caro- linas . It was indeed too long for the intereft of the crown of Great Britain , before fir Henry Clin- ton could prevail with himself to look beyond the defence of New York . But when he found the allied armies had in ...
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... arms at the feet of the victorious Washington . This chagrin was undoubtedly much heightened , by the neceffity of fubmit- ting to terms impofed in conjunction with the fervants of a rival power , whom the kings of Great Britain , and ...
... arms at the feet of the victorious Washington . This chagrin was undoubtedly much heightened , by the neceffity of fubmit- ting to terms impofed in conjunction with the fervants of a rival power , whom the kings of Great Britain , and ...
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... arms , but the troops marched with their colors cafed , and made their fubmiffion to general Lincoln , pre- cifely in the fame manner his army had done to the British commander , a few months before . Here we cannot but pause a moment ...
... arms , but the troops marched with their colors cafed , and made their fubmiffion to general Lincoln , pre- cifely in the fame manner his army had done to the British commander , a few months before . Here we cannot but pause a moment ...
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... arms . After the return of the Bonetta , as ftipulated , fhe alfo was to be deliv- ered at the order of the French admiral . The delay of reinforcements both by fea and land , until lord Cornwallis and his army were irretrievably loft ...
... arms . After the return of the Bonetta , as ftipulated , fhe alfo was to be deliv- ered at the order of the French admiral . The delay of reinforcements both by fea and land , until lord Cornwallis and his army were irretrievably loft ...
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Page 308 - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
Page 449 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 451 - ... any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Page 448 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 231 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 449 - Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Philipeaux, to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods...
Page 451 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present War ; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property...
Page 450 - IT is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 448 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Page 310 - Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of -the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies...