Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America, Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings ; with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ... |
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... officers of the several regi- ments strictly comply with the laws of this province for regulating a militia - And as the | 11th . That as the inhabitants of the town of Boston , in the province of Massachusetts - Bay , are now laboring ...
... officers of the several regi- ments strictly comply with the laws of this province for regulating a militia - And as the | 11th . That as the inhabitants of the town of Boston , in the province of Massachusetts - Bay , are now laboring ...
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... officers of artillery , and would distinguish themselves , ( particularly on one occasion ) , where they would exhibit so much science and adroitness , as to command the admiration of their English and German foes . More wonderful yet ...
... officers of artillery , and would distinguish themselves , ( particularly on one occasion ) , where they would exhibit so much science and adroitness , as to command the admiration of their English and German foes . More wonderful yet ...
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... officers of the army then in Boston , had publicly declared that it should be at the price of the life of any man to speak of the event of March 5 , 1770 , on that anniversary . Warren's soul took fire at such a threat , so openly made ...
... officers of the army then in Boston , had publicly declared that it should be at the price of the life of any man to speak of the event of March 5 , 1770 , on that anniversary . Warren's soul took fire at such a threat , so openly made ...
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... officers , are vested in the king : improving these advan- tages which these powers give him , he hath found means to corrupt the other branches of the legislature : Britons please themselves with the thought of being free ; their ...
... officers , are vested in the king : improving these advan- tages which these powers give him , he hath found means to corrupt the other branches of the legislature : Britons please themselves with the thought of being free ; their ...
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... officers had ever seen actual service and most of the sol- diers were London apprentices , drawn out of the city two months before . In the king's army there were about a thousand officers who had served abroad , yet the veterans were ...
... officers had ever seen actual service and most of the sol- diers were London apprentices , drawn out of the city two months before . In the king's army there were about a thousand officers who had served abroad , yet the veterans were ...
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