Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History: From 458 A.D. to 1902, Volume 7Harper & Bros., 1901 |
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... soon afterwards made other captures , and he was commissioned a captain in the Massa- chusetts navy . He commanded a privateer , but was captured , and suffered six months in the JERSEY PRISON - SHIP ( q . r . ) . He was also confined ...
... soon afterwards made other captures , and he was commissioned a captain in the Massa- chusetts navy . He commanded a privateer , but was captured , and suffered six months in the JERSEY PRISON - SHIP ( q . r . ) . He was also confined ...
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... soon regarded as one of the ablest men in the service . Ogden , MATTHIAS , military officer ; born in Elizabethtown , N. J. , Oct. 22 , 1754 ; joined the army at Cambridge in 1775 , accompanied Arnold in his expedition to QUEBEC ( q . v ...
... soon regarded as one of the ablest men in the service . Ogden , MATTHIAS , military officer ; born in Elizabethtown , N. J. , Oct. 22 , 1754 ; joined the army at Cambridge in 1775 , accompanied Arnold in his expedition to QUEBEC ( q . v ...
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... soon confronted by cannon under Captain Kellogg and Sher- iff York . The gun of the former became disabled , and he and his men fled across the Oswegatchie and joined Forsyth , leav- ing the indomitable York to maintain the fight alone ...
... soon confronted by cannon under Captain Kellogg and Sher- iff York . The gun of the former became disabled , and he and his men fled across the Oswegatchie and joined Forsyth , leav- ing the indomitable York to maintain the fight alone ...
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... soon afterwards built , a little below , on the site of Cincinnati . Ohio was soon afterwards organ- ized into a separate territorial gov ernment . The settlers were annoy- ed by hostile Indians until Wayne's victories in 1794 and the ...
... soon afterwards built , a little below , on the site of Cincinnati . Ohio was soon afterwards organ- ized into a separate territorial gov ernment . The settlers were annoy- ed by hostile Indians until Wayne's victories in 1794 and the ...
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... soon afterwards put a stop to the operations of the company . See FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ; OHIO COMPANY . ened , in case of their refusal , to make war upon them , and subdue them " to the yoke and obedience of the Church and his Maj ...
... soon afterwards put a stop to the operations of the company . See FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ; OHIO COMPANY . ened , in case of their refusal , to make war upon them , and subdue them " to the yoke and obedience of the Church and his Maj ...
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