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...discipline and experience. " The time," say his orders issued soon after the arrival of General Howe, " is now near at hand, which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves ; whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their...

...an high-toned indignation against its invaders. In general orders he addressed them as follows : " The time is now near at hand which must probably determine...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. The...

...time," he observed, " is now at hand, which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves ; whether they are to have any property they can call their o\\n ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to...

...time," he observed, " is now at hand, which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves ; ^whether they are to have any property...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no Iruman efforts will deliver them. The...

...hand, which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves ; [whether tVey are to have any property they can call their own ;...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver thrm. The...

...invaders. In general orders he addressed them as follows. " The time is now near at hand, which tnust probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen...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. The...

...Impressed with the importance of the awful crisis, General Washington issued the following orders. ;: The time is now near at hand, which must probably...houses, and farms are to be pillaged, and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts can deliver them. The...

...and an high toned indignatjon against its invaders. In general orders he addressed them as follows: "'The time is now near at hand, which must probably...have any property they can call their own; whether theij houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness,...

...British and to the world, with what firmness freemen defended their liberties. In his orders, he says, " the time is now near at hand, which must probably...to be freemen or slaves ; whether they are to have property they can call their own ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed,...