Reminiscences of Gen'l Samuel B. Webb of the Revolutionary ArmyGlobe Stationery and Printing Company, 1880 - 402 Seiten |
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... Houses in Roxbury . Little skirmishes happen almost every day . The King's troops , come off second best . Major Mifflin being very observing with his glass , has been complimented with half a dozen four and six pounders from the Ships ...
... Houses in Roxbury . Little skirmishes happen almost every day . The King's troops , come off second best . Major Mifflin being very observing with his glass , has been complimented with half a dozen four and six pounders from the Ships ...
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... house a woman and seven children were slaughtered , ( perhaps on their return . ) At Concord they seized two pieces of cannon , and destroyed two others , with all the flour , & c . in store , but the people secured their magazine of ...
... house a woman and seven children were slaughtered , ( perhaps on their return . ) At Concord they seized two pieces of cannon , and destroyed two others , with all the flour , & c . in store , but the people secured their magazine of ...
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... houses , the wind favouring them in such a design ; while on the other side , their Army was extended northward towards Mistick River , with an apparent design of sur- rounding our men within the works , and of cutting off any assist ...
... houses , the wind favouring them in such a design ; while on the other side , their Army was extended northward towards Mistick River , with an apparent design of sur- rounding our men within the works , and of cutting off any assist ...
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... houses , a great number of which were large and elegant , besides one hundred and fifty or two hundred other build- ings , is almost all laid in ashes . The enemy yet remain in possession of Charlestown , and have erected works for ...
... houses , a great number of which were large and elegant , besides one hundred and fifty or two hundred other build- ings , is almost all laid in ashes . The enemy yet remain in possession of Charlestown , and have erected works for ...
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... House , Mrs. Trist , and Miss Levy . To Mr. Fur- guson I shall write " The most Important Man , " - if time before I go . I am , with most dutiful respects , Dear Sir , Your very affec- tionate friend and most humble servt . , SAM'L B ...
... House , Mrs. Trist , and Miss Levy . To Mr. Fur- guson I shall write " The most Important Man , " - if time before I go . I am , with most dutiful respects , Dear Sir , Your very affec- tionate friend and most humble servt . , SAM'L B ...
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acquainted Adieu affectionate agreeable Aid-de-Camp American army arrived attend Barrell bearer believe Boston brother Bunker Hill Camp Capt Chester Claverack Colo Colonel Webb command compliments Congress Connecticut Connecticut Line Copud DEAR COLONEL Dear Sir DEAR SIR-I DEAR WEBB enemy esteem exchange expect father favor Feb'y Fishkill Folio forward Gen'l WEBB gentlemen give happy Hartford HEADQUARTERS hear Hetty honor hope horse humble serv't Huntington inform Jan'y John Joseph Joseph Barrell July June lady Laidley Lieut Livingston Long Island Major March Miss morning MORRISTOWN o'clock obd't obliged officers opportunity Parole PEEKSKILL person Philadelphia pleasure present prisoner Putnam received Reg't Regiment request respect S. B. WEBB SAM'L Samuel Samuel Webb SARAH SIMPSON sent Silas Deane sincerely Sister soon tell Thursday to-morrow town troops Tuesday Washington Webb's Wethersfield wish write wrote yesterday York
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Seite 52 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt ? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor...
Seite 399 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Seite 53 - ... it may drive you from the field; that the wound, often irritated and never healed, may at length become incurable; and that the slightest mark of indignity from Congress...
Seite 79 - France, on certain points, which, with his permission, you would mention, such as whether if the Colonies should be forced to form themselves into an independent state, France would probably acknowled[g]e them as such, receive their ambassadors, enter into any treaty or alliance with them, for commerce or defence, or both?
Seite 52 - If this then be your treatment, while the swords you wear are necessary for the defence of America, what have you to expect from peace, when your voice shall sink, and your strength dissipate by division ; when those very swords, the instruments and companions of your glory, shall be taken from your sides, and no remaining mark of military distinction left but your wants, infirmities, and scars...
Seite 38 - The general hopes," said he in his orders, " that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and soldier to act with fidelity and courage, as knowing that now the peace and safety of his country depend, under God, solely on the success of our arms ; and that he is now in the service of a state, possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit and advance him to the highest honors of a free country.
Seite 52 - After a pursuit of seven long years, the object for which we set out is at length brought within our reach. Yes, my friends, that suffering courage of yours was active once ; it has conducted the United States of America through a doubtful and bloody war ; it has placed her in the chair of independency, and peace returns again to bless — whom?
Seite 53 - But let it represent, also, that should they comply with the request of your late memorial, it would make you more happy and them more respectable ; that, while...
Seite 53 - Change the milk-andwater style of your last memorial. Assume a bolder tone, decent but lively, spirited and determined, and suspect the man who would advise to more moderation and longer forbearance.
Seite 39 - ... hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them.