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... colonel Easton having informed him that he was prisoner of America , he was much con- fused , and repeated , several times , What does this mean ? ' The English threw down arms , and all was surrendered to the victors . " They found ...
... colonel Easton having informed him that he was prisoner of America , he was much con- fused , and repeated , several times , What does this mean ? ' The English threw down arms , and all was surrendered to the victors . " They found ...
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... colonel William Prescott , to occupy them with a detachment of a thousand men , and to intrench himself there by the rules of art . But here an error was committed , which placed the garrison of Boston in very imminent danger , and re ...
... colonel William Prescott , to occupy them with a detachment of a thousand men , and to intrench himself there by the rules of art . But here an error was committed , which placed the garrison of Boston in very imminent danger , and re ...
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... colonel Guy Johnson , intendant- general of the king for Indian affairs , accompanied by a great num- ber of chiefs and warriors of the Six Tribes . A solemn assembly was formed , where they appeared as the chiefs and warriors of the ...
... colonel Guy Johnson , intendant- general of the king for Indian affairs , accompanied by a great num- ber of chiefs and warriors of the Six Tribes . A solemn assembly was formed , where they appeared as the chiefs and warriors of the ...
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... Colonel Motte having landed upon the island in the night with a strong detachment of new levies , occupied the fort without obstacle ; the garrison , as too feeble to resist , had retired on board the ships of war . The chiefs of the ...
... Colonel Motte having landed upon the island in the night with a strong detachment of new levies , occupied the fort without obstacle ; the garrison , as too feeble to resist , had retired on board the ships of war . The chiefs of the ...
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... colonel Ashe entered the fort and reduced it to ashes . He afterwards ravaged the country , that it might furnish nothing to his adversary . The governor was declared an enemy to America , and accused of a design to raise the blacks ...
... colonel Ashe entered the fort and reduced it to ashes . He afterwards ravaged the country , that it might furnish nothing to his adversary . The governor was declared an enemy to America , and accused of a design to raise the blacks ...
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