Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History: From 458 A.D. to 1902, Volume 9Harper & Bros., 1902 |
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... 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 SILAS TALBOT . escaped in a ...
... 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 SILAS TALBOT . escaped in a ...
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... Boston , and later in Hartford , Conn .; was made ensign of colonial troops in 1650 ; became captain in 1660 ; elected a deputy of the colony of Connecticut ; treasurer of the colony in 1660-76 ; and was one of the patentees named in ...
... Boston , and later in Hartford , Conn .; was made ensign of colonial troops in 1650 ; became captain in 1660 ; elected a deputy of the colony of Connecticut ; treasurer of the colony in 1660-76 ; and was one of the patentees named in ...
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... Boston . His publications include The Curse , or the Position Occupied in History by the Race of Ham ; Life of Israel Put- nam , Major - General in the Continental Army ; Sir Walter Raleigh and His Colony in America , etc. He died in ...
... Boston . His publications include The Curse , or the Position Occupied in History by the Race of Ham ; Life of Israel Put- nam , Major - General in the Continental Army ; Sir Walter Raleigh and His Colony in America , etc. He died in ...
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... Boston will only leave good houses to wiser men . " To the claim of the Ameri- cans to the right of resistance to oppres- sion , he exclaimed : " Audacious defiance ! The indignation of the English is like that See Ex- of the Scythians ...
... Boston will only leave good houses to wiser men . " To the claim of the Ameri- cans to the right of resistance to oppres- sion , he exclaimed : " Audacious defiance ! The indignation of the English is like that See Ex- of the Scythians ...
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... Boston were not the petty amount of duties imposed , tolled ; so , also , were those of the neigh- for none of this species of taxation was boring towns . burdensome ; it was the principle involved , By smuggling , non - importation ...
... Boston were not the petty amount of duties imposed , tolled ; so , also , were those of the neigh- for none of this species of taxation was boring towns . burdensome ; it was the principle involved , By smuggling , non - importation ...
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