Narrative and Critical History of America: The later history of British, Spanish, and Portuguese America. 1889

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Justin Winsor
Houghton, Mifflin, 1889 - America
 

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Page 418 - Epistles Domestic, Confidential, and Official, from General Washington. Written about the Commencement of the American Contest, when he entered on the Command of the Army of the United States.
Page 479 - An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies...
Page 479 - A VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN during the administration of Lord North, to the second session of the fifteenth Parliament.
Page 479 - The female review: or, Memoirs of an American young lady; whose life and character are peculiarly distinguished — being a continental soldier, for nearly three years, in the late American war.
Page 476 - BARNUM, HL The Spy Unmasked ; or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, alias Harvey Birch, the Hero of Mr. Cooper's Tale of the Neutral Ground ; being an Authentic Account of the Scout Services which he rendered his Country during the Revolutionary War.
Page 420 - Reprint of the Original Letters from Washington to Joseph Reed during the American Revolution, referred to in the Pamphlets of Lord Mahon and Mr. Sparks.
Page 386 - Buenos Ayres, and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, from their Discovery and Conquest by the Spaniards to the Establishment of tbeir Political Independence ; with some Account of their Present State, Appendix of Historical Documents, Natural History, &c.
Page 458 - Who shall write the history of the American Revolution? Who can write it? Who will ever be able to write it?
Page 424 - Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin . . . Written by Himself to a Late Period, and Continued to the time of his death by his grandson, William Temple Franklin . . . Comprising the Private Correspondence and Public Negotiations of Dr.
Page 418 - In winter he threw whole handfuls into the fire. As we were on terms of perfect intimacy, I have joked him, perhaps rudely, upon his anxious caution. His answer was, ' Whatever becomes of me, my friends shall never suffer by my negligence.

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