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... cause , to permit us to doubt about the fact . The Jersey Prison - ship is proverbial in our Revolu- tionary history ; and the bones of the unfortu- nate patriots who perished on board , form a monument on the Long Island shore . The ...
... cause , to permit us to doubt about the fact . The Jersey Prison - ship is proverbial in our Revolu- tionary history ; and the bones of the unfortu- nate patriots who perished on board , form a monument on the Long Island shore . The ...
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... caused by short enlistments . The brief terms of ser- vice for which the continental soldiery had enlisted , a few months perhaps , at most a year , were expiring ; and the men , glad to be released from camp duty , were hastening to ...
... caused by short enlistments . The brief terms of ser- vice for which the continental soldiery had enlisted , a few months perhaps , at most a year , were expiring ; and the men , glad to be released from camp duty , were hastening to ...
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... caused no interruption to the harmony of intercourse between these generals . Schuyler directed the affairs of the depart- ment with energy and activity from his head- quarters at Albany , where they had been fixed by Congress , while ...
... caused no interruption to the harmony of intercourse between these generals . Schuyler directed the affairs of the depart- ment with energy and activity from his head- quarters at Albany , where they had been fixed by Congress , while ...
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... causing great embarrassment to the commander - in- chief . They seldom , " writes Washington , " bring more than a commission and a pass- port ; which we know may belong to a bad as well as a good officer . Their ignorance of our ...
... causing great embarrassment to the commander - in- chief . They seldom , " writes Washington , " bring more than a commission and a pass- port ; which we know may belong to a bad as well as a good officer . Their ignorance of our ...
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... caused a commotion among the American officers of that rank , but whose com- missions were of later date . Congress eventu- ally determined not to ratify the contract entered into between Mr. Deane and Monsieur Decou- dray , and ...
... caused a commotion among the American officers of that rank , but whose com- missions were of later date . Congress eventu- ally determined not to ratify the contract entered into between Mr. Deane and Monsieur Decou- dray , and ...
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advance affairs alarm Albany American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage battle Bennington bridge brigade British Burgoyne Burgoyne's camp cannon captured Clair Colonel command conduct Congress Cornwallis Creek Delaware detachment division encamped endeavored enemy enemy's eral fire flank fleet force Ford Fort Anne Fort Edward Fort Mifflin Fort Montgomery Fraser garrison Gates George Clinton give guard Hampshire Grants harass Hessian Highlands hill horse Hudson hundred Indians ington intrenchments Jerseys Lafayette Lake land Leger letter Lincoln main body Major-General ment miles militia Miss McCrea Mohawk Mohawk River morning Morristown movement night Northern department officers ordered parties passed Peekskill Philadelphia prisoners Putnam quarter rear received reconnoiter regiment reinforcements retreat Riedesel riflemen river road royalists Schuyler sent side Sir Henry Clinton Sir John Johnson Sir William Skenesborough soon spirit Stark Sullivan tents Ticonderoga tion Tryon County Washington Wayne woods wounded writes York