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Two out of three of them burst at the first fire , and killed almost all the men who were stationed to manage them . Before this time , too , Col. de Chamillard , who commanded a party of 20 soldiers on the poop , had abandoned that ...
Two out of three of them burst at the first fire , and killed almost all the men who were stationed to manage them . Before this time , too , Col. de Chamillard , who commanded a party of 20 soldiers on the poop , had abandoned that ...
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The night following the said blow , they did roar against us like so many wild bulls , sending in their shot amongst us till towards the moon rising , which was about three of the clock ; at which time they attempted to fire our house ...
The night following the said blow , they did roar against us like so many wild bulls , sending in their shot amongst us till towards the moon rising , which was about three of the clock ; at which time they attempted to fire our house ...
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They also used several stratagems to fire us , namely , by wild fire in cotton and linnen rags with brimstone in them , which rags they tyed to the piles of their arrows , sharp for the purpose , and shot them to the roof of our house ...
They also used several stratagems to fire us , namely , by wild fire in cotton and linnen rags with brimstone in them , which rags they tyed to the piles of their arrows , sharp for the purpose , and shot them to the roof of our house ...
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Contents
COMMODORE PERRYS LANDING IN JAPAN 1853 OFFICIAL Report 152 COMMODORE PAUL JONESS ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE BETW... | 29 |
BRADFORDS VOYAGE OF THE MAYFLOWER 154 JOHN WHITES PLANTING OF COLONIES IN NEW ENGLAND 155 WHEELERS NARR... | 96 |
THE LEXINGTON TOWN MEETINGS FROM 1765 TO 1775 | 109 |
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| Title | Old South Leaflets Old South Leaflets, Old South Association |
| Contributor | Old South Association |
| Publisher | Directors of the Old South Work, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
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