Extract of a letter from General Gates, dated camp at Saratoga, October 18, 1777: Sir, I have the satisfaction to present your excellency with the convention of Saratoga; by which His Excellency Lieutenant General Burgoyne has surrendered himself
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Gates, Horatio ; 1728-1806 ; Vaughan, John ; 1747 or 8-1795 ; Bailey, Francis ; 1735?-1815 ; United States ; Continental Congress.
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, March 13, 1778: Whereas the army are in present and pressing want of shoes, stockings and shirts, which cannot be immediately supplied from the public stores; this Court now apply
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Massachusetts ; General Court. ; Powars, Edward Eveleth ; Willis, Nathaniel ; 1755-1831
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In Congress, May 27, 1778: establishment of the American Army ; Establishment of the American Army
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812
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We the subscribers do hereby solemnly engage and inlist [our]selves, as soldiers, in the batallions of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, in the service of the United States of America
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I [blank] being made a prisoner of war, by the Army of the Thirteen United Colonies in North-America, do promise and engage, on my word and honour, and on the faith of a gentleman, to depart from hence to [blank] in the province of [blank] being the place of my destination, and residence
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United States ; Continental Army.
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In Congress, January 13, 1779: We cannot review the progress of the revolution which has given freedom to America, without admiring the goodness and gratefully acknowledging the interposition of Divine Providence
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824 ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812
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In Congress, May 21, 1776: Resolved, that all persons taken in arms on board any prize, be deemed prisoners, to be taken care of by the supreme executive power in each colony to which they are brought, whether the prize be taken by vessels fitted out by the Continent, or by others
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824 ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812
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By Commodore Sir George Collier, commander in chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in North-America; and Major-General William Tryon: To the inhabitants of Connecticut ... Given on board His Majesty's ship Camilla, in the Sound, July 4th, 1779
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Great Britain ; Royal Navy. ; Great Britain ; Army. ; Collier, George ; 1738-1795 ; Tryon, William ; 1729-1788 ; Howe, John ; 1754-1835
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To the electors of New-York. January 6, 1776: Fellow-citizens, there are several important reformations, which ought to be made, for our future security, and which if we are wise, we will take this opportunity to provide for
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Publicola.
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New-York, Dec. 13, 1776. To the public: Considerations on the present revolted state of America, addressed to its inhabitants at large ; New York, Dec. 13, 1776. To the public
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Camillus. ; Macdonald, Donald ; d. 1782 ; Cameron, Alexander ; d. 1789
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To all adherents to the British government and followers of the British Army commonly called Tories, who are at present within the city and county of New-York: Messieurs Tories, As all your delusive prospects of conquest, plunder and revenge are now forever vanished
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Brutus. ; McDougall, Alexander ; 1732-1786 ; Morton, William ; d. 1796? ; Horner, Samuel ; 1758?-1786
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Covention [sic] at Concord, Sept. 22, 1779 for stating the prices of sundry articles: At a convention of delegates, met at Concord, for the state of New-Hampshire, on Wednesday the 22d of September, A.D. 1779,--for the purpose of endeavouring to lay some plan to appreciate the paper currency,-- ; Convention at Concord, Sept. 22, 1779 for stating the prices of sundry articles
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Convention begun and held at Concord (1779 Sept. 22-23) ; Fowle, Zechariah ; d. 1784 ; Langdon, John ; 1741-1819
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In Congress, April 3, 1776: Resolved, that every person intending to set forth and fit out a private ship or vessel of war, and applying for a commission or letters of marque and reprisal for that purpose, shall produce a writing, subscribed by him, containing the name, and tonnage or burthen of the ship or vessel, the number of her guns, with their weight of metal
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812 ; Hancock, John ; 1737-1793
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In Congress, April 14th, 1778: Resolved, that the commissary general of purchases have full power to appoint and remove every officer in his department
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United States ; Continental Congress.
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His Majesty's most gracious speech to both houses of Parliament, on Friday October 27, 1775
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Great Britain ; Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III) ; Great Britain ; Parliament. ; Gaine, Hugh ; 1726 or 7-1807
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Pennsylvania War-Office, Philadelphia, May 2d, 1777: Application having been made to this board by the Honorable Major General Schuyler for assistance in procuring blankets
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Pennsylvania ; Board of War. ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812
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On this day of renown, all joys shower down
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Gaine, Hugh ; 1726 or 7-1807 ; Odell, Jonathan ; 1737-1818
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Council-Chamber, Philadelphia, [blank] 1781: Instructions for recruiting a corps of rifle men, to serve until the first of January next
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Pennsylvania ; Supreme Executive Council. ; Reed, Joseph ; 1741-1785 ; Weidman, John ; 1756-1830
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New-York, October 30, 1776. To the King's Most Excellent Majesty: The humble address of the high sheriff, gentlemen, clergy, and freeholders of the county of Devonshire, England ; New York, October 30, 1776. To the King's Most Excellent Majesty
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Macdonald, Donald ; d. 1782 ; Cameron, Alexander ; d. 1789 ; Devon (England) ; Great Britain ; Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III)
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United States Lottery: The scheme is, that this lottery consist of four classes, of one hundred thousand tickets each
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United States Lottery ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812 ; United States ; Continental Congress.