The United States of America: Their History from the Earliest Period; Their Industry, Commerce, Banking Transactions, and National Works; Their Institutions and Character, Political, Social, and Literary: with a Survey of the Territory, and Remarks on the Prospects and Plans of Emigrants, Band 2Oliver & Boyd, 1844 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 70
Seite 14
... troops . The free and daring habits generated by this mode of life were probably the cause which led most of them to embrace with ardour the independent cause ; and the British , whenever they penetrated deep into the interior , roused ...
... troops . The free and daring habits generated by this mode of life were probably the cause which led most of them to embrace with ardour the independent cause ; and the British , whenever they penetrated deep into the interior , roused ...
Seite 15
... troops , who would , it is said , more cheer- fully have fought with their neighbours than with the common enemy . Their leader was soon painfully con- vinced , that though bodies of people may be inspired with bursts of patriotism ...
... troops , who would , it is said , more cheer- fully have fought with their neighbours than with the common enemy . Their leader was soon painfully con- vinced , that though bodies of people may be inspired with bursts of patriotism ...
Seite 16
... troops on Staten , an island south of Long Island , much smaller , and separated by a narrow chan- nel . On the 3d July , he disembarked there without opposition , being greeted with warm assurances of welcome and support from the ...
... troops on Staten , an island south of Long Island , much smaller , and separated by a narrow chan- nel . On the 3d July , he disembarked there without opposition , being greeted with warm assurances of welcome and support from the ...
Seite 17
... troops . At length , on the 22d August , the British army crossed the channel , and , covered by the guns of the fleet , land- ed on Long Island , taking post opposite to the range of heights occupied by the enemy . Washington , in the ...
... troops . At length , on the 22d August , the British army crossed the channel , and , covered by the guns of the fleet , land- ed on Long Island , taking post opposite to the range of heights occupied by the enemy . Washington , in the ...
Seite 19
... troops ; but strong objections being expressed , it was determined rather to leave there 5000 men , while the main body oc- cupied a strong post at Kingsbridge , connecting the northern point of the island with the continent . As the ...
... troops ; but strong objections being expressed , it was determined rather to leave there 5000 men , while the main body oc- cupied a strong post at Kingsbridge , connecting the northern point of the island with the continent . As the ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adolphus American Almanac American State Papers amount appears army attack attempt average bank body Britain British cabinet canal Carolina carried cause Chesapeake chiefly Clinton Colonel colonies commander commerce completely congress considerable considered constitution contest Cornwallis course declared detachment dollars employed enemy England Europe executive exports favour force formed former France French frigate hope important Indians Island Jefferson killed Lake Erie land latter legislature Lord Lord Germaine Lord Rawdon Marshall Massachusetts measure ment miles militia millions Mississippi nation nearly neral object obliged observed officers Ohio operations opposite Orleans Papers Foreign party peace Pennsylvania Pitkin political port president prisoners produce received reinforcements rendered resistance retreat river seems senate sent ships soon South Carolina Spain spermaceti spirit tariff of 1828 Tarleton territory tion Tocqueville trade treaty troops Union United urged vessels Virginia Washington West Indies western whole wounded York York Island