Life and Times of Washington, Band 3M.M. Belcher Publishing Company, 1903 - 2032 Seiten |
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... Fort Mifflin , the name given to the fort on Mud Island , rendered it difficult to forage in Jersey , Washington hoped to render his supplies on the side of Pennsylvania so precarious as to compel him to evacuate Philadelphia . The ...
... Fort Mifflin , the name given to the fort on Mud Island , rendered it difficult to forage in Jersey , Washington hoped to render his supplies on the side of Pennsylvania so precarious as to compel him to evacuate Philadelphia . The ...
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... Fort Mifflin from the Pennsylvania shore . He erected some batteries at the mouth of the Schuylkill , in order to command Webb's Ferry , which were attacked by Com- modore Hazlewood and silenced ; but the following night a detachment ...
... Fort Mifflin from the Pennsylvania shore . He erected some batteries at the mouth of the Schuylkill , in order to command Webb's Ferry , which were attacked by Com- modore Hazlewood and silenced ; but the following night a detachment ...
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... Fort Mifflin , and rendered it necessary to throw up some cover on the platform to protect the men who worked the guns . The aid expected from the Jersey militia was not re- ceived . " Assure yourself , " said Lieutenant - Colonel Smith ...
... Fort Mifflin , and rendered it necessary to throw up some cover on the platform to protect the men who worked the guns . The aid expected from the Jersey militia was not re- ceived . " Assure yourself , " said Lieutenant - Colonel Smith ...
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... Forts Mercer and Mifflin . After effecting a passage through the works sunk in the river at Billingsport , other difficulties still remained to be encountered by the ships of war . Several rows of chevaux - de - frise had been sunk ...
... Forts Mercer and Mifflin . After effecting a passage through the works sunk in the river at Billingsport , other difficulties still remained to be encountered by the ships of war . Several rows of chevaux - de - frise had been sunk ...
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... Fort Mifflin , and aided by the galleys which flanked the Hessians in their advance and retreat . The American loss , in killed and wounded , amounted to only thirty - two men . The ships having been ordered to co - operate with Count ...
... Fort Mifflin , and aided by the galleys which flanked the Hessians in their advance and retreat . The American loss , in killed and wounded , amounted to only thirty - two men . The ships having been ordered to co - operate with Count ...
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Seite 1504 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Seite 1503 - Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude.
Seite 1503 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut river, thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Seite 1502 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign and Independent States...
Seite 1472 - ... let me request you to rely on the plighted faith of your country, and place a full confidence in the purity of the intentions of Congress...
Seite 1027 - States under their direction; to appoint one of their number to preside; provided that no person be .allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States...
Seite 1297 - We have been half of our time without provisions, and are likely to continue so. We have no magazines, nor money to form them. We have lived upon expedients, until we can live no longer. In a word, the history of the war Is a history of false hopes and temporary devices, instead of system and economy.
Seite 1026 - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office : appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers: appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States : making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations.
Seite 1504 - United States. And that persons of any other description shall have free liberty to go to any part or parts of any of the thirteen United States, and therein to remain twelve months, unmolested in their endeavours to obtain the restitution of such of their estates, rights and properties, as may have been confiscated...
Seite 1491 - There are four things, which, I humbly conceive, are essential to the well-being, I may even venture to say, to the existence of the United States, as an independent power.