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We ftaid four days at Newark , collected in our out - pofts with fome of the Jersey militia , and marched out twice to meet the enemy on information of their being advancing , though our numbers were greatly inferiour to theirs .
We ftaid four days at Newark , collected in our out - pofts with fome of the Jersey militia , and marched out twice to meet the enemy on information of their being advancing , though our numbers were greatly inferiour to theirs .
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lieve that their agents are under fome providential controul , I shall not now attempt to give all the particulars of our retreat to the Delaware ; fuffice it for the prefent to say , that both officers and men , though greatly haraffed ...
lieve that their agents are under fome providential controul , I shall not now attempt to give all the particulars of our retreat to the Delaware ; fuffice it for the prefent to say , that both officers and men , though greatly haraffed ...
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... our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations : -But if I may even flatter myself , that they may be productive of fome partial benefit , fome occafional good ; that they may now and then 45.
... our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations : -But if I may even flatter myself , that they may be productive of fome partial benefit , fome occafional good ; that they may now and then 45.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | 12 Americans Speak |
| Editor | John Edwin Pomfret |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Huntington Library, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 183 pages |
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