The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Volume 2Samuel Campbell, no. 124, Pearl-street, 1801 - United States "The following work is not confined to the contest between Great Britain and the United States of America, but includes all the other parts of the war which originated from that contest. ... The form of letters, instead of chapters, is not altogether imaginary, as the author, from his arrival in America in 1770, maintained a correspondence with gentlemen in London, Rotterdam and Paris, answering in general to the prefixed dates."--Preface. |
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... Silas Deane , p . 294 - resolve respecting a loan from France and Spain , p . 296 - respecting the deputy clothier general at Boston , p . 297. The convention troops at Cambridge , and the resolutions of congress for their detention , p ...
... Silas Deane , p . 294 - resolve respecting a loan from France and Spain , p . 296 - respecting the deputy clothier general at Boston , p . 297. The convention troops at Cambridge , and the resolutions of congress for their detention , p ...
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... Silas Deane and congress , p . 403 . Payne addresses him under the signature of Common Sense , p . 405. Mr. Gerard alarmed by the publications ; and the resolves of congress concerning them , p . 408. The affairs of the United States in ...
... Silas Deane and congress , p . 403 . Payne addresses him under the signature of Common Sense , p . 405. Mr. Gerard alarmed by the publications ; and the resolves of congress concerning them , p . 408. The affairs of the United States in ...
Page 185
... Silas Deane , who had given him some money , and encouraged him to set fire to the dock - yards at Portsmouth , Plymouth , & c . as the best means of distressing Great - Britain , and had promised to reward him according to the service ...
... Silas Deane , who had given him some money , and encouraged him to set fire to the dock - yards at Portsmouth , Plymouth , & c . as the best means of distressing Great - Britain , and had promised to reward him according to the service ...
Page 217
... Silas Deane had not any powers or authority from congress to make the treaty with Mr. du Coudray , and the other French gentlemen therein mentioned . and therefore that congress are not by any means bound to fultit the terms thereof ...
... Silas Deane had not any powers or authority from congress to make the treaty with Mr. du Coudray , and the other French gentlemen therein mentioned . and therefore that congress are not by any means bound to fultit the terms thereof ...
Page 294
... Silas Deane has been mentioned in a former letter . Congress came to a final resolution respecting his recal , in ... Silas Deane , esq . be recalled from the court of France , and have appointed another commissioner to supply his place ...
... Silas Deane has been mentioned in a former letter . Congress came to a final resolution respecting his recal , in ... Silas Deane , esq . be recalled from the court of France , and have appointed another commissioner to supply his place ...
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