Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania, Within the Last Sixty Years: With Occasional Remarks Upon the General Occurrences, Character and Spirit of that Eventful Period |
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Page 55
... British army . It was at different times , nearly filled by those of the Forty second or High- land regiment , as also by those of the Royal Irish . Besides these , it sometimes accommodated officers of other armies , and other uniforms ...
... British army . It was at different times , nearly filled by those of the Forty second or High- land regiment , as also by those of the Royal Irish . Besides these , it sometimes accommodated officers of other armies , and other uniforms ...
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... British service , which , he would charge himself to procure for me : That as to our idle parade of war , it would ... army never to look at auk- ward men ; we hold it unpolite . " The colonel was no doubt correct in his opinion of our ...
... British service , which , he would charge himself to procure for me : That as to our idle parade of war , it would ... army never to look at auk- ward men ; we hold it unpolite . " The colonel was no doubt correct in his opinion of our ...
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... British army , who was sometime our inmate , is suggested by a notice of his death in the monthly magazine of March , 1807 . This was general John Reid , who is stated to have died in his 87th year , the oldest officer in the ser- vice ...
... British army , who was sometime our inmate , is suggested by a notice of his death in the monthly magazine of March , 1807 . This was general John Reid , who is stated to have died in his 87th year , the oldest officer in the ser- vice ...
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... British army took possession of it , and thinking , probably , that his country was in a fair way of being subdued , he changed sides , and wrote a very arrogant , ill - judged letter to general Washington , in which he advises him to ...
... British army took possession of it , and thinking , probably , that his country was in a fair way of being subdued , he changed sides , and wrote a very arrogant , ill - judged letter to general Washington , in which he advises him to ...
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... British army , ventured to shew himself in Philadelphia . Whatever might have been his in- ducement to the measure , it was deemed expedient by the newly constituted authorities , to have him arrested and secured . A guard was ...
... British army , ventured to shew himself in Philadelphia . Whatever might have been his in- ducement to the measure , it was deemed expedient by the newly constituted authorities , to have him arrested and secured . A guard was ...
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