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... Island . Admiral Arbuthnot blocks up the French Squadron . Difpofitions made by Sir Henry Clinton for attack- ing the French auxiliaries . Gen. Washington paffes the North River , with a view of attempting New York . Expedition to Rhode ...
... Island . Admiral Arbuthnot blocks up the French Squadron . Difpofitions made by Sir Henry Clinton for attack- ing the French auxiliaries . Gen. Washington paffes the North River , with a view of attempting New York . Expedition to Rhode ...
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... islands from the imminent danger to which they were apparently expofed by the great fuperiority of the enemy . Thefe caufes operate ftill farther in their confequences ; which affect the whole face and nature of the war in the new world ...
... islands from the imminent danger to which they were apparently expofed by the great fuperiority of the enemy . Thefe caufes operate ftill farther in their confequences ; which affect the whole face and nature of the war in the new world ...
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... Island , to Elizabeth June 6th . On the following morn- Town in New Jersey . 1780 . ing , they advanced a few miles , to a fettlement called the Connecticut Farms , from its having been planted and fettled a few years ago , by some ...
... Island , to Elizabeth June 6th . On the following morn- Town in New Jersey . 1780 . ing , they advanced a few miles , to a fettlement called the Connecticut Farms , from its having been planted and fettled a few years ago , by some ...
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... Island . The reception they met , and the appearances they difcovered , foon convinced them of their error , and they retired with precipitation . It is not eafy to account , for the inaction in the firft inftance at Springfield , any ...
... Island . The reception they met , and the appearances they difcovered , foon convinced them of their error , and they retired with precipitation . It is not eafy to account , for the inaction in the firft inftance at Springfield , any ...
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... Island ; while Washington continued to be amufed for fome days longer , with the appearances of an expedition up the North River , which probably had not been at all intended . Thus ended the fhort cam- paign in the Jerfies . Thefe inef ...
... Island ; while Washington continued to be amufed for fome days longer , with the appearances of an expedition up the North River , which probably had not been at all intended . Thus ended the fhort cam- paign in the Jerfies . Thefe inef ...
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