A Military Journal During the American Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783Richardson & Lord, 1823 - 603 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 30
... Captain Knowlton had taken up a post and rail fence , and placing it against another , filled the vacancy with newly mowed hay , which served as a slight defence . The British light infantry at- tempted to force this little party from ...
... Captain Knowlton had taken up a post and rail fence , and placing it against another , filled the vacancy with newly mowed hay , which served as a slight defence . The British light infantry at- tempted to force this little party from ...
الصفحة 32
... Captain , received him in his arms , with all the ardor of filial love and tender sympathy , and bore him to the boat where he expired . On the American side , Gen- erals Putnam , Warren , Pomeroy , and Colonel Prescott were ...
... Captain , received him in his arms , with all the ardor of filial love and tender sympathy , and bore him to the boat where he expired . On the American side , Gen- erals Putnam , Warren , Pomeroy , and Colonel Prescott were ...
الصفحة 41
... Captain Manly of Marblehead , commander of one of our privateers , has captured an English ship , bound to Boston , loaded with ordnance stores , of immense value at the present time . Among the ordnance is a large brass mortar on a new ...
... Captain Manly of Marblehead , commander of one of our privateers , has captured an English ship , bound to Boston , loaded with ordnance stores , of immense value at the present time . Among the ordnance is a large brass mortar on a new ...
الصفحة 43
... captain of grenadiers in the 17th regiment of British troops , of which General Monckton was colonel . He served the last war in the expeditions in the West Indies and America , and returned with his regiment to England . In 1772 he ...
... captain of grenadiers in the 17th regiment of British troops , of which General Monckton was colonel . He served the last war in the expeditions in the West Indies and America , and returned with his regiment to England . In 1772 he ...
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... Captain , 40 Privates , 6 67 Each commissioned officer is allowed the privilege of taking a soldier from the ranks for a waiter , and he is exempted from camp and other duty , except in time of action . The officers are also allowed a ...
... Captain , 40 Privates , 6 67 Each commissioned officer is allowed the privilege of taking a soldier from the ranks for a waiter , and he is exempted from camp and other duty , except in time of action . The officers are also allowed a ...
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الصفحة 302 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
الصفحة 392 - A country willing to redress your wrongs, cherish your worth, and reward your services ? A country courting your return to private life, with tears of gratitude and smiles of admiration, longing to divide with you that independency which your gallantry has given, and those riches which your wounds have preserved ? Is this the case ? Or is it rather a country, that tramples upon your rights, disdains your cries, and insults your distresses...
الصفحة 550 - Sir, a letter which I received last night, contained the following paragraph. " In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, ' heaven has been determined to save your country ; or a weak General and bad Counsellors would have ruined it ; I am, sir, &.c.
الصفحة 420 - We join you in commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, beseeching him to dispose the hearts and minds of its citizens to improve the opportunity afforded them of becoming a happy and respectable nation ; and for you we address to him our earnest prayers, that a life so beloved may be fostered with all his care ; that your days may be happy as they have been illustrious, and that he will finally give you that reward, which this world cannot give.
الصفحة 157 - Above all, bring forward your armies into the field. Trust not to appearances of peace or safety. Be assured that, unless you persevere, you will be exposed to every species of barbarity. But, if you exert the means of defence which God and nature have given you, the time will soon arrive when every man shall sit under his own vine and under his own fig-tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.
الصفحة 418 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
الصفحة viii - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
الصفحة 259 - What I have as yet said concerning myself was in the justifiable attempt to be extricated ; I am too little accustomed to duplicity to have succeeded. " I beg your Excellency will be persuaded, that no alteration in the temper of my mind, or apprehension for my safety, induces me to take the step of addressing you, but that it is to rescue myself from an imputation of having assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest; a conduct incompatible with the principles that actuate...
الصفحة 421 - For my own part, conscious of having acted, while a servant of the public, in the manner I conceived best suited to promote the real interests of my country; having, in consequence of my fixed belief in some measure pledged myself to the army, that their country would finally do them complete and ample justice, and not wishing to conceal any instance of my official conduct from the eyes of the world, I have thought proper to...