The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries, Volume 19W. Abbatt, 1914 - History |
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... hundred men ; and from others , wishing to furnish men from New York and from Connecticut , but I do not wish to start the regiment under a stranger to Massachu- setts . If in any way , by suggestion or otherwise , you can aid the pur ...
... hundred men ; and from others , wishing to furnish men from New York and from Connecticut , but I do not wish to start the regiment under a stranger to Massachu- setts . If in any way , by suggestion or otherwise , you can aid the pur ...
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The country at the time was menaced by over one hundred British efficient ships ( carrying about 2000 guns ) which lined our coasts . The number of vessels that Congress was able to provide for out of the na- tional treasury for ...
The country at the time was menaced by over one hundred British efficient ships ( carrying about 2000 guns ) which lined our coasts . The number of vessels that Congress was able to provide for out of the na- tional treasury for ...
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... hundred and forty - three British ; of Ticonderoga with its garrison of fifty men ; of the battle of Trenton with nearly one thousand prisoners . But few of our children have ever heard of the capture of almost the entire 71st . British ...
... hundred and forty - three British ; of Ticonderoga with its garrison of fifty men ; of the battle of Trenton with nearly one thousand prisoners . But few of our children have ever heard of the capture of almost the entire 71st . British ...
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... hundred- we shall have the total of nearly 70,000 men , as the complement of the Navy which is the number given in Allen's " History of the American Navy during the Revolutionary War . " The number of British vessels captured was 797 ...
... hundred- we shall have the total of nearly 70,000 men , as the complement of the Navy which is the number given in Allen's " History of the American Navy during the Revolutionary War . " The number of British vessels captured was 797 ...
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... hundred men sailed for New England . They arrived in Boston late in July , and in about a month sailed for New Amsterdam where they arrived at the end of August . Gov. Stuyvesant surrendered the entire Province of New Netherland on 8th ...
... hundred men sailed for New England . They arrived in Boston late in July , and in about a month sailed for New Amsterdam where they arrived at the end of August . Gov. Stuyvesant surrendered the entire Province of New Netherland on 8th ...
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