The Scots Magazine, Volume 39Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1777 - English literature |
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... troops under Gen ' Burgoyne and Gates 653 . 21. A great inundation at Petersburg 553 . 4 . A battle at Germantown 602 , 42 . 7. An engagement between the British and provincial troops hear Saratoga 655 .. 16. A convention agreed to ...
... troops under Gen ' Burgoyne and Gates 653 . 21. A great inundation at Petersburg 553 . 4 . A battle at Germantown 602 , 42 . 7. An engagement between the British and provincial troops hear Saratoga 655 .. 16. A convention agreed to ...
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... troops , fitting out armed fhips and veffels , imprifoning or otherwife molefting his Majefty's fubjects , to defift and ceafe from all fuch treafon- able actions and doings , and to relinquish all fuch ufurped power and authority , fo ...
... troops , fitting out armed fhips and veffels , imprifoning or otherwife molefting his Majefty's fubjects , to defift and ceafe from all fuch treafon- able actions and doings , and to relinquish all fuch ufurped power and authority , fo ...
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... troops under the command of Lt - Gen . Earl Percy . Maj . Gen. Prefcot took two pieces of cannon , a few prifoners , and obliged them to quit their fort on this fide the ferry , and retire to the con- tinent . I likewife fent a ...
... troops under the command of Lt - Gen . Earl Percy . Maj . Gen. Prefcot took two pieces of cannon , a few prifoners , and obliged them to quit their fort on this fide the ferry , and retire to the con- tinent . I likewife fent a ...
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... troops ferving in Ja- maica , by the grant of 3000l . towards the erecting an hofpital and barracks . The late confpiracy among the flaves in the parish of Hanover [ xxxviii . 531. ] , which was moft providentially difcover ed when on ...
... troops ferving in Ja- maica , by the grant of 3000l . towards the erecting an hofpital and barracks . The late confpiracy among the flaves in the parish of Hanover [ xxxviii . 531. ] , which was moft providentially difcover ed when on ...
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... troops in the town , to preserve the lives of his governor , and fuch of his civil officers as recognised the authority of the King and Parliament . Both thefe circumftances might well be confidered as objections to the hold- men who ...
... troops in the town , to preserve the lives of his governor , and fuch of his civil officers as recognised the authority of the King and Parliament . Both thefe circumftances might well be confidered as objections to the hold- men who ...
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