An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major General Israel PutnamSamuel Avery, No. 89 Court Street, 1818 - 276 σελίδες |
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... Neck , and to cut off the Refu- 66 gee - corps at Morissania . A few men , with some address , may " spread such an alarm as to prevent an attempt of the enemy to " retreat to Frog's Neck , from an apprehension of surrounding " parties ...
... Neck , and to cut off the Refu- 66 gee - corps at Morissania . A few men , with some address , may " spread such an alarm as to prevent an attempt of the enemy to " retreat to Frog's Neck , from an apprehension of surrounding " parties ...
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... attack of Bun- ker - Hill , and the disposition of those troops . This account , and others , published at the time , and ascribing the command of the Americans , by sending detachments across the Neck , which LIFE OF GENERAL PUTNAM . 95.
... attack of Bun- ker - Hill , and the disposition of those troops . This account , and others , published at the time , and ascribing the command of the Americans , by sending detachments across the Neck , which LIFE OF GENERAL PUTNAM . 95.
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... Neck with more regularity , and less loss , than could have been American force to Warren , probably occasioned the historical er- ror on that subject . ( Editor . ) expected . The British , who effected nothing but the 96 LIFE OF ...
... Neck with more regularity , and less loss , than could have been American force to Warren , probably occasioned the historical er- ror on that subject . ( Editor . ) expected . The British , who effected nothing but the 96 LIFE OF ...
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... Neck , situated near the town of West - Chester , and little more than a league above the communication called King's - bridge , which connects New- York Island with the main . There was no- thing to oppose him ; and he effected his de ...
... Neck , situated near the town of West - Chester , and little more than a league above the communication called King's - bridge , which connects New- York Island with the main . There was no- thing to oppose him ; and he effected his de ...
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... Neck , sent Colonel Nelson , with As there happened to be in my possession a copy of one of his letters to those officers , it was thought worthy of insertion here , in order to demonstrate his satisfaction with their conduct . " To ...
... Neck , sent Colonel Nelson , with As there happened to be in my possession a copy of one of his letters to those officers , it was thought worthy of insertion here , in order to demonstrate his satisfaction with their conduct . " To ...
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Σελίδα 170 - Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the ninth day of September, AD 1818, and in the forty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Samuel Swett of the said district has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : Historical and topographical Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle, with a Plan.
Σελίδα 107 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Σελίδα 108 - The motley crew, in vessels new, With Satan for their guide, sir, Pack'd up in bags, or wooden kegs, Come driving down the tide, sir. " Therefore prepare for bloody war, — These kegs must all be routed, Or surely we despised shall be, And British courage doubted.
Σελίδα 22 - The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet toward its termination.
Σελίδα 98 - We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before. " With an humble confidence in the mercies of the supreme and impartial Judge and Ruler of the universe, we most devoutly implore his divine goodness to conduct us happily through this great conflict, to dispose our adversaries to reconciliation on reasonable terms, and thereby to relieve the empire from the calamities of civil war.
Σελίδα 170 - CLERK'S OFFIcE. BE it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, AD 1830, in the fiftyfifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Gray & Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof...
Σελίδα 47 - In the winter of 1757, when Col. Haviland was commandant at Fort Edward, the barracks adjoining to the northwest bastion took fire. They extended within twelve feet of the magazine, which contained three hundred barrels of powder. On its first discovery, the fire raged with great violence. The...
Σελίδα 98 - In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birthright, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered we have taken up arms.
Σελίδα 61 - This change of ground occasioned the tree to which Putnam was tied to be directly between the fire of the two parties. Human imagination can hardly figure to itself a more deplorable situation. The balls flew incessantly from either side, many struck the tree, while some passed through the sleeves and skirts of his coat.
Σελίδα 108 - For God's sake, what's the matter? At his bed-side he then espy'd, Sir Erskine at command, sir, Upon one foot, he had one boot, And th' other in his hand, sir. " Arise, arise, sir Erskine cries, The rebels — more's the pity, Without a boat are all afloat, And rang'd before the city.