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 21
... command of regiments of cavalry , and my evenings , when there was no company , were generally employed in ar ranging them in order of battle . Divided into two bodies , they were disposed in hostile array , while round pieces of card ...
... command of regiments of cavalry , and my evenings , when there was no company , were generally employed in ar ranging them in order of battle . Divided into two bodies , they were disposed in hostile array , while round pieces of card ...
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... command a view of the town of Bristol , distant not quite a mile , as well as that of Burlington , together with an extensive intervening tract of meadow ground , stretching to the shore of the Delaware , whose bright expanse was also ...
... command a view of the town of Bristol , distant not quite a mile , as well as that of Burlington , together with an extensive intervening tract of meadow ground , stretching to the shore of the Delaware , whose bright expanse was also ...
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... command of captain Loxley , a very honest , though little , dingy - looking man , with regimentals , considerably war - worn or tarnished ; a very sala- mander or fire drake in the public estimation , whose vital air was deemed the fume ...
... command of captain Loxley , a very honest , though little , dingy - looking man , with regimentals , considerably war - worn or tarnished ; a very sala- mander or fire drake in the public estimation , whose vital air was deemed the fume ...
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... command my application , and be likely to afford me the means of future subsistence , it was put aside for the more immediately grateful considerations already mention- ed . I cannot venture to pronounce , however , that the medical ...
... command my application , and be likely to afford me the means of future subsistence , it was put aside for the more immediately grateful considerations already mention- ed . I cannot venture to pronounce , however , that the medical ...
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... command of colonel John Shee , and of which Mr. Lambert Cadwalader , the younger brother of Mr. John Cadwalader already mentioned , was lieutenant colonel . It appeared to have been the primary object of these gentlemen , to select as ...
... command of colonel John Shee , and of which Mr. Lambert Cadwalader , the younger brother of Mr. John Cadwalader already mentioned , was lieutenant colonel . It appeared to have been the primary object of these gentlemen , to select as ...
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