Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15: With an AtlasJohn Conrad and Company, 1816 - 264 páginas |
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Página viii
... boat , is an incontestible proof of lord Liverpool's exaggeration ; but it is not the less true , that his assertion , exaggerated as it is , will ever remain the most cutting satire against the absurd claims of his government on the ...
... boat , is an incontestible proof of lord Liverpool's exaggeration ; but it is not the less true , that his assertion , exaggerated as it is , will ever remain the most cutting satire against the absurd claims of his government on the ...
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... , except six gun - boats and a sloop of war . From the gallant defence made by the brave crews of these vessels , we may judge what would have been effected by a number proportionate to the extent of coast 6 HISTORICAL MEMOIR .
... , except six gun - boats and a sloop of war . From the gallant defence made by the brave crews of these vessels , we may judge what would have been effected by a number proportionate to the extent of coast 6 HISTORICAL MEMOIR .
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... boats and small vessels , with permission to land their troops and artillery at Pen- sacola . On the refusal of the captain - general , they sailed for Pensacola , determined to land there ; al- though the captain - general had ...
... boats and small vessels , with permission to land their troops and artillery at Pen- sacola . On the refusal of the captain - general , they sailed for Pensacola , determined to land there ; al- though the captain - general had ...
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... boats to en- deavour to take the privateers ; but they were repuls- ed after having sustained considerable loss ... boat to ex- amine her , venturing so far that he could not es- D cape from the pinnace sent from the brig and making ...
... boats to en- deavour to take the privateers ; but they were repuls- ed after having sustained considerable loss ... boat to ex- amine her , venturing so far that he could not es- D cape from the pinnace sent from the brig and making ...
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... boats having attempted to sound the channel nearest the point , were forced , by the balls and grape - shot fired against them , to return to their ships . On the 14th , at six in the morning , the enemy still continued at the same ...
... boats having attempted to sound the channel nearest the point , were forced , by the balls and grape - shot fired against them , to return to their ships . On the 14th , at six in the morning , the enemy still continued at the same ...
Términos y frases comunes
7th military district admiral Cochrane American ANDREW JACKSON Appendix arms army arrived artillery attack Barataria barges battalion battery bayou bayou Bienvenu boats Bowyer brave brigade Britain British camp canal cannon captain carronades Chef-Menteur citizens Claiborne Coffee's colonel command commander-in-chief commodore Patterson conduct corps Dauphine island December defence detachment directed division duty Edward Livingston effect encamped enemy enemy's exertions file killed file wounded fire force fort St garrison governor gun-boats guns head-quarters honour inhabitants January JOHN LAMBERT Keane Laffite lake lake Borgne Lambert land letter lieutenant lieutenant-colonel Lockyer major-general Jackson ment miles militia Mississippi morning nation navy Nicholas Lockyer night o'clock officers Orleans peace Pensacola plantation position prisoners rank and file received regiment right bank river schooner seamen secretary secretary at war sent ship shot soldiers stationed thousand tion treaty troops United vessels Villeré volunteer whole
Pasajes populares
Página cix - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Página cxiv - Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. in faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Página cx - Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron ; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that lake and Lake Superior...
Página cvii - ... armies, squadrons, officers, subjects, and citizens, of the two powers, to cease from all hostilities; and to prevent all causes of complaint, which might arise on account of the prizes which may be taken at sea after the said ratifications of this treaty, it is reciprocally agreed, that all vessels...
Página xcv - All territory, places and possessions whatsoever taken by either party from the other during the War, or which may be taken after the signing of this Treaty excepting only the Islands hereinafter mentioned shall be restored without delay...
Página cxi - shall be, and they are hereby, authorized upon their oaths impartially to fix and determine, according to the true intent of the said treaty of peace of 1783, that part of the boundary between the dominions of the two Powers which extends from the water communication between Lake Huron and Lake Superior, to the most northwestern point of the lake of the Woods...
Página cxi - And in the event of the said two Commissioners differing, or both or either of them refusing, declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations or statements shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly sovereign or State shall be made in all respects as in the latter part of the fourth article is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.
Página cxii - The several boards of two Commissioners mentioned in the four preceding Articles shall respectively have power to appoint a Secretary, and to employ such surveyors or other persons as they shall judge necessary.
Página cxiv - In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Página iv - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.