Reminiscences of Gen'l Samuel B. Webb of the Revolutionary ArmyGlobe Stationery and Printing Company, 1880 - 402 pagine |
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... Joseph Webb ; but cannot be found . Frothingham's Batth pier 31 . BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL . Major Sam'l B. Webb to Silas Deane . CAMP AT CAMBRIDGE , July 11 , 1775 . Jonker M , DEAR SIR : -Your several late letters I have received , and ...
... Joseph Webb ; but cannot be found . Frothingham's Batth pier 31 . BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL . Major Sam'l B. Webb to Silas Deane . CAMP AT CAMBRIDGE , July 11 , 1775 . Jonker M , DEAR SIR : -Your several late letters I have received , and ...
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... JOSEPH WEBB . & c . P. S. - Colonel Murray's son , one of the Tories , undertook to guide the Regulars in their march to Concord , and on their retreat was taken prisoner ; but attempting to escape from our people , they shot him , -a ...
... JOSEPH WEBB . & c . P. S. - Colonel Murray's son , one of the Tories , undertook to guide the Regulars in their march to Concord , and on their retreat was taken prisoner ; but attempting to escape from our people , they shot him , -a ...
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... ii . 1060. The writer was , probably , Joseph Webb , brother of Samuel B. He says : " Captain Chester writes me , that before it was possible for him to get there , the battle had What widenes дной of this buix 8 . " B.W 17.
... ii . 1060. The writer was , probably , Joseph Webb , brother of Samuel B. He says : " Captain Chester writes me , that before it was possible for him to get there , the battle had What widenes дной of this buix 8 . " B.W 17.
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... Joseph Webb of Weathersfield . CAMBRIDGE , June 22 , 1775 . Last Friday night a detachment from our Army began an in- trenchment on an eminence below Bunker Hill , about a mile to the northward of the centre of the Town of Charlestown ...
... Joseph Webb of Weathersfield . CAMBRIDGE , June 22 , 1775 . Last Friday night a detachment from our Army began an in- trenchment on an eminence below Bunker Hill , about a mile to the northward of the centre of the Town of Charlestown ...
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... Joseph Webb to Silas Deane . 22 Jun 1975 . Before this , you must know , I conclude , that there has been a am . archiv . battle , in which fell the honourable , the noble Doctor Warren . For fear you may not have the particulars , I ...
... Joseph Webb to Silas Deane . 22 Jun 1975 . Before this , you must know , I conclude , that there has been a am . archiv . battle , in which fell the honourable , the noble Doctor Warren . For fear you may not have the particulars , I ...
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acquainted Adieu affectionate agreeable Aid-de-Camp American army arrived attend Barrell bearer believe Boston brother Bunker Hill Camp Capt Chester Claverack Colo Colonel Webb command compliments Congress Connecticut Connecticut Line Copud DEAR COLONEL Dear Sir DEAR SIR-I DEAR WEBB enemy esteem exchange expect father favor Feb'y Fishkill Folio forward Gen'l WEBB gentlemen give happy Hartford HEADQUARTERS hear Hetty honor hope horse humble serv't Huntington inform Jan'y John Joseph Joseph Barrell July June lady Laidley Lieut Livingston Long Island Major March Miss morning MORRISTOWN o'clock obd't obliged officers opportunity Parole PEEKSKILL person Philadelphia pleasure present prisoner Putnam received Reg't Regiment request respect S. B. WEBB SAM'L Samuel Samuel Webb SARAH SIMPSON sent Silas Deane sincerely Sister soon tell Thursday to-morrow town troops Tuesday Washington Webb's Wethersfield wish write wrote yesterday York
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Pagina 52 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt ? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor...
Pagina 399 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Pagina 53 - ... it may drive you from the field; that the wound, often irritated and never healed, may at length become incurable; and that the slightest mark of indignity from Congress...
Pagina 79 - France, on certain points, which, with his permission, you would mention, such as whether if the Colonies should be forced to form themselves into an independent state, France would probably acknowled[g]e them as such, receive their ambassadors, enter into any treaty or alliance with them, for commerce or defence, or both?
Pagina 52 - If this then be your treatment, while the swords you wear are necessary for the defence of America, what have you to expect from peace, when your voice shall sink, and your strength dissipate by division ; when those very swords, the instruments and companions of your glory, shall be taken from your sides, and no remaining mark of military distinction left but your wants, infirmities, and scars...
Pagina 38 - The general hopes," said he in his orders, " that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and soldier to act with fidelity and courage, as knowing that now the peace and safety of his country depend, under God, solely on the success of our arms ; and that he is now in the service of a state, possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit and advance him to the highest honors of a free country.
Pagina 52 - After a pursuit of seven long years, the object for which we set out is at length brought within our reach. Yes, my friends, that suffering courage of yours was active once ; it has conducted the United States of America through a doubtful and bloody war ; it has placed her in the chair of independency, and peace returns again to bless — whom?
Pagina 53 - But let it represent, also, that should they comply with the request of your late memorial, it would make you more happy and them more respectable ; that, while...
Pagina 53 - Change the milk-andwater style of your last memorial. Assume a bolder tone, decent but lively, spirited and determined, and suspect the man who would advise to more moderation and longer forbearance.
Pagina 39 - ... hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them.