History of the United States, From the Discovery of the American Continent.

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His opinion of Englands position after the defeat of Burgoyne 113
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Bunker Hill 120In retreating to Halifax 120 On Long Island 121
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Divides his army 121His waste of time 121 His winter in Philadel
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Intrigue of Lee 127 Washington pursues the British army 128
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Dismissed by Congress 134Character 134Death 134 Carvers
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Change in the American mind 140In the English mind 140 Opin
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Congress receives the French minister 147Sullivan lands on Rhode
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Their menaces 151Their conduct condemned in the house of commons
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CHAPTER VI
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Admiral Keppel captures a French frigate 162DOrvilliers sent out
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feited by the British 168Loan Offices 169Lottery 169Forced cir
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the Americans 176Impracticable plan for emancipating Canada 176
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Blanca 181 He observes the attachment of the United States to England
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Gouverneur Morris 183 Of Jay 183 Vergennes on the American gov
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Detroit 195 Vincennes 195Kaskaskia 196Its capture by Clark
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Further merits of the backwoodsmen 201 Expedition under Evan Shelby
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sissippi
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Counter argument of Vergennes 211French minister endeavors to per
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Stormy debate on the fisheries 218 The French minister endeavors to
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Matthews predatory expedition 223Retaliation of the Virginia legisla
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the country of the Onondagas 230Sullivan appointed to command
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American independence fixed 235 America will establish a strong gov
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At East Haven 226At Fairfield 226At Norwalk 227 Address
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PROGRESS OF THE WAR IN EUROPE 1779
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Combined fleet disperses 250Dejection in France 250Maria Theresa
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THE ARMED NEUTRALITY 17781780
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merce from the American commissioners 261 Neglect and silence of
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269Conflicting aggressions of France and England in the Netherlands
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Autograph letter of George III to Catharine 273 Harris offers
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284 Expedition sent out by Prevost to plunder 284 Sunbury summoned
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His previous life 287Movements of the new commander 287 Repulse
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Arrival of Byron with reenforcements 295 Running fight between
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Lincoln reenforced by the Virginia line 304 Arbuthnot enters the harbor
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Enrolment of the inhabitants 310 Murder of Samuel Wyly 310
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Virginia exposed to invasion 315 Her magnanimity 315 Kalbs charac
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Retreat of the British 374 Committee of congress in camp 374 Clinton
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plan 383 Clinton embarks troops 383André on board the Vulture
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History of West Point 385 Interview of Washington with Rochambeau
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emissions of paper money 398Henry Laurens sent to negotiate a loan
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Answer of Jones 404 Action of congress to obtain men and money
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successor 407John Adams on the powers of congress 408 Conventions
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great officers of state 412 Relies to excess on a bank of the United States
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Comparison of France and the United States 418Measure to enable
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His answer to the complaints of the Dutch 426 Mariotts
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Yorke informs Stormont of the weakness of the Dutch 436 His recom
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of Stormont for the punishment of the Amsterdam offenders 438
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Forth 443Neckers letter to Lord North 444 Vergennes on Necker
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Americas need of money 446 Advice of Washington 446 Complaints
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Virginia 457 Complaint of Cornwallis 457 Greenes answer 457
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Camp of rest at the falls of the Pedee 459Difficulties of Greenes
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Junction of the American army at Guilford courthouse 472 Greenes
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Pickens routs a body of loyalists under Pyle 474 Cornwallis strives
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to Germain 484Germain instructs Clinton to further the plan of a cam
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The statesgeneral disavow Van Berckel and his contingent negotiations
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492Greene at the high hills of Santee 493 Rawdon sails for England
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ette detached to Virginia 497Arrival of Phillips with reenforcements
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Instructions to the American commissioners 502Madison on reforming
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remonstrates against a defensive campaign 509 Asks leave to retire
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Cornwallis determines to fortify York and Gloucester 511 Lafayettes
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siege 518Storming party under Hamilton 519Heroism of Olney
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old whigs 532Union of Shelburne and Rockingham alone able to estab
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quer Jamaica 538Concentrates its energies on the recovery of Gibral
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The cabinet offers independence directly to America as the condition
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Franklin proposes the American conditions of peace 554
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Sends full powers to Oswald 558Shelburne and Franklin as nego
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covers Georgia 563His conduct at Sharon 563Evacuation of Savan
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Morriss budget for 1783 571Proposal of Madison to empower congress
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tons opinion 578 Agitation of the king 578Jay and De Aranda
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fisheries 585Old debts still valid 585Refusal of indemnity to
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