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The history of the rise, progress, and establishment of the independence of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 3) : $b Including an account of the late war, and of the thirteen colonies, from their origin to that period — John Shaqi

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The history of the rise, progress, and establishment of the independence of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 3) : $b Including an account of the late war, and of the thirteen colonies, from their origin to that period

Name: The history of the rise, progress, and establishment of the independence of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 3) : $b Including an account of the late war, and of the thirteen colonies, from their origin to that period
Author: Gordon, William

Gordon, William

United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

THE
                                HISTORY
                                 OF THE
                   RISE, PROGRESS, AND ESTABLISHMENT
                                 OF THE
                              INDEPENDENCE
                                 OF THE
                       United States of America:
                               INCLUDING
                      AN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE WAR,
                               AND OF THE
                           THIRTEEN COLONIES,
                   FROM THEIR ORIGIN TO THAT PERIOD.


                       BY WILLIAM GORDON, _D. D._

           _Qiud verum*** curo, et rogo et omnis in hoc sum._
                                   HORAT. 1 Ep. 1 Lib.

                      THE THIRD AMERICAN EDITION.

                                VOL. II.


                              _NEW-YORK_:
          PRINTED FOR SAMUEL CAMPBELL, NO. 124, PEARL-STREET,
                             BY JOHN WOODS.
                                M.DCCC.I




                          THE GENERAL CONTENTS
                   OF THE SEVERAL LETTERS IN VOL. II.


                          LETTER I. P. 11–42.

New-Hampshire convention take up civil government, p. 11. The critical
situation of the American army before Boston, p. 14. General Lee is sent
on to New-York, p. 15. The inhabitants of Tryon county disarmed, p. 16.
General Montgomery killed in an attack upon Quebec, p. 22. Preparations
for taking possession of Dorchester Heights, p. 25. The Americans
possess themselves of the same, p. 26. General Howe resolves upon
evacuating Boston, p. 28—evacuates it, p. 30. The hardships experienced
by the inhabitants of the town, p. 33. Norfolk in Virginia, burnt, p.
35. The North-Carolina insurgents subdued, p. 36. The acts of congress,
p. 38. Commodore Hopkins’s naval expedition, p. 40.


                          LETTER II. P. 42–61.

The general voice of the Europeans rather favorable to the Americans, p.
43. A dreadful tempest on the coasts of Newfoundland, p. 45. General
Conway opposes administration, p. 47. The duke of Grafton unexpectedly
quits it, p. 48. Governor Penn examined before the house of lords, p.
50. The address of the representatives of Nova-Scotia to the king and
parliament, p. 52. The bill for prohibiting all intercourse with the
Thirteen United Colonies strenuously opposed, p. 53. Sir Peter Parker
and earl Cornwallis sail for America, p. 55. The British king’s treaties
with the German princes, p. 56—protested against, p. 58. Lord Howe and
general Howe constituted his majesty’s commissioners for restoring peace
to the colonies, p. 59. The sentiments of the French relative to the
American contest, p. 61.


                         LETTER III. P. 61–92.

The history of the rise, progress, and establishment of the independence of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 3) : $b Including an account of the late war, and of the thirteen colonies, from their origin to that period

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