Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1902, Volume 9Harper & brothers, 1902 |
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... Island regiment at the siege of Boston ; accompanied the American army to New York ; and , for skilful operations with fire - rafts against the British ship- ping there , received from Congress the commission of major . In the summer of ...
... Island regiment at the siege of Boston ; accompanied the American army to New York ; and , for skilful operations with fire - rafts against the British ship- ping there , received from Congress the commission of major . In the summer of ...
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... Island in 1813 . He afterwards served under Perry and Porter , and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico . He entered the Confederate service ; impro- vised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet , and attempted ...
... Island in 1813 . He afterwards served under Perry and Porter , and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico . He entered the Confederate service ; impro- vised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet , and attempted ...
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... island of Cuba , in the Lake of Nicaragua , a copy of which will be found in the cor- respondence relating to the Mosquito Ter- ritory presented to and published by the House of Commons of Great Britain on July 3 , 1848 , herewith ...
... island of Cuba , in the Lake of Nicaragua , a copy of which will be found in the cor- respondence relating to the Mosquito Ter- ritory presented to and published by the House of Commons of Great Britain on July 3 , 1848 , herewith ...
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... Island and a formi- dable work at the mouth of the Brazos River , and the Confederates had aban- doned all Texas west of the Colorado River . having lost 200 men made prisoners and Brownsville , opposite Matamoras , which fifty killed ...
... Island and a formi- dable work at the mouth of the Brazos River , and the Confederates had aban- doned all Texas west of the Colorado River . having lost 200 men made prisoners and Brownsville , opposite Matamoras , which fifty killed ...
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... - cal , and historical . He died in Plymouth ,. with 1,300 spindles . Slater's Rhode Island mill had then only 144 spindles . See COTTON . APPEARANCE OF THE THAMES BATTLE - GROUND IN 1860 . 61 TEXTILE FABRICS - THACHER.
... - cal , and historical . He died in Plymouth ,. with 1,300 spindles . Slater's Rhode Island mill had then only 144 spindles . See COTTON . APPEARANCE OF THE THAMES BATTLE - GROUND IN 1860 . 61 TEXTILE FABRICS - THACHER.
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