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... fleet off to the West Indies , and the vessels were by no means stocked with provisions for such a voyage . Besides , the territory of Halifax was a sterile country , from which no resource could be expected , and no provision could ...
... fleet off to the West Indies , and the vessels were by no means stocked with provisions for such a voyage . Besides , the territory of Halifax was a sterile country , from which no resource could be expected , and no provision could ...
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... fleet had taken , was not without disquietude for the city of New York . He wrote , in consequence , to brigadier- general lord Sterling , who commanded there , advising him to stand prepared , and that he had sent him a reenforcement ...
... fleet had taken , was not without disquietude for the city of New York . He wrote , in consequence , to brigadier- general lord Sterling , who commanded there , advising him to stand prepared , and that he had sent him a reenforcement ...
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... fleet , having on board the troops destined for this expedition , had sailed from the ports of England and Ireland before the others . General Clinton , who , at the head of another considerable corps , was to come from New York to join ...
... fleet , having on board the troops destined for this expedition , had sailed from the ports of England and Ireland before the others . General Clinton , who , at the head of another considerable corps , was to come from New York to join ...
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... fleet of his brother , the admiral , in order to repair , in concert with him , to the waters of New York , and to terminate the war by a sudden and decisive blow . But the Eng- lish fleet delayed to appear , and the quarters of Halifax ...
... fleet of his brother , the admiral , in order to repair , in concert with him , to the waters of New York , and to terminate the war by a sudden and decisive blow . But the Eng- lish fleet delayed to appear , and the quarters of Halifax ...
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... fleet and power- ful army should attack the coasts . Stuart addressed circulars to the loyalists , inviting them to ... fleet under sir Peter Parker , which had arrived in the waters of Charleston . But when this fleet after the ...
... fleet and power- ful army should attack the coasts . Stuart addressed circulars to the loyalists , inviting them to ... fleet under sir Peter Parker , which had arrived in the waters of Charleston . But when this fleet after the ...
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