Hochelaga: Or, England in the New World, Том 1Colburn and Company, 1851 |
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... American shore , but , after a bloody struggle , was carried , set on fire , and suffered to drift over the great ... America , but the undoubted piratical occupation of the vessel convinced all well - thinking people of its necessity ...
... American shore , but , after a bloody struggle , was carried , set on fire , and suffered to drift over the great ... America , but the undoubted piratical occupation of the vessel convinced all well - thinking people of its necessity ...
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... the memory of the brave Sir Isaac Brock , slain at the head of an English force in the last American war , was blown up with gunpowder , and much injured , by a man of the name of Lett , who was afterwards im- ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD . 65.
... the memory of the brave Sir Isaac Brock , slain at the head of an English force in the last American war , was blown up with gunpowder , and much injured , by a man of the name of Lett , who was afterwards im- ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD . 65.
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... American frontier , and the militia of English origin , dissatisfied with the pardon of the rebels who had inflicted such injuries on them and been arrested by their prowess , shewed much disinclination again to come forward in so un ...
... American frontier , and the militia of English origin , dissatisfied with the pardon of the rebels who had inflicted such injuries on them and been arrested by their prowess , shewed much disinclination again to come forward in so un ...
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... American sym- pathizers landed at Prescott , on the St. Lawrence , with several pieces of cannon , on the evening of the 12th . Soon after , a party of English troops and militia attacked them , driving them into two strong houses and a ...
... American sym- pathizers landed at Prescott , on the St. Lawrence , with several pieces of cannon , on the evening of the 12th . Soon after , a party of English troops and militia attacked them , driving them into two strong houses and a ...
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... American town nearly opposite to Prescott , as- sembled ; and , through the commanding officer of the United States ' army in that district , begged that consideration might be shewn for the mis- guided men who , under false ...
... American town nearly opposite to Prescott , as- sembled ; and , through the commanding officer of the United States ' army in that district , begged that consideration might be shewn for the mis- guided men who , under false ...
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