Library of Universal Literature: In Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations, Volume 15P. F. Collier, 1900 |
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... that could be procured from Europe and the West Indies . As early as the 27th of April a fleet had sailed for different parts of Nova Scotia , carrying off about seven thousand persons , 34 Works of Washington Irving.
... that could be procured from Europe and the West Indies . As early as the 27th of April a fleet had sailed for different parts of Nova Scotia , carrying off about seven thousand persons , 34 Works of Washington Irving.
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... persons , with all their effects . A great part of these were troops , but many were royalists and refugees , exiled by the laws of the United States . They looked forward with a dreary eye to their voyage , " bound , " as one of them ...
... persons , with all their effects . A great part of these were troops , but many were royalists and refugees , exiled by the laws of the United States . They looked forward with a dreary eye to their voyage , " bound , " as one of them ...
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... person who was present at the breaking up of the army , and whom we have had frequent occasion to cite , observes , on the conduct of the troops , " The advice of their beloved commander - in - chief , and the resolves of Congress to ...
... person who was present at the breaking up of the army , and whom we have had frequent occasion to cite , observes , on the conduct of the troops , " The advice of their beloved commander - in - chief , and the resolves of Congress to ...
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... persons and the quantity of effects of all kinds to be conveyed away , that the month of November was far advanced before it could be completed . Sir Guy Carleton had given notice to Washington of the time he supposed the different ...
... persons and the quantity of effects of all kinds to be conveyed away , that the month of November was far advanced before it could be completed . Sir Guy Carleton had given notice to Washington of the time he supposed the different ...
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... person , and composed his family during the war , and whom he especially recommended to the favor of Congress , he continued : " I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last sol- emn act of my official life by commending the ...
... person , and composed his family during the war , and whom he especially recommended to the favor of Congress , he continued : " I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last sol- emn act of my official life by commending the ...
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