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Автор: Mercy Otis Warren
Издательство: Ingram
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      HISTORY

      OF THE RISE, PROGRESS

      AND TERMINATION OF THE

      AMERICAN REVOLUTION

      This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.

      The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as a design element in Liberty Fund books is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.

      Foreword and editorial additions © 1994 by Liberty Fund, Inc.

      Cover art courtesy of the New York Public Library. Volume I, engraving by Paul Revere. Volume II, engraving after a painting by John Trumbull.

      This eBook edition published in 2013.

      eBook ISBNs:

      Kindle 978-1-61487-021-0

      E-PUB 978-1-61487-139-2

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      Contents

      VOLUME ONE

       [VOLUME ONE OF THE 1805 EDITION]

       CHAPTER IX

       Declaration of Independence • Lord Howe’s Arrival in America • Action on Long Island • Retreat of the Americans through the Jersies, and the Loss of the Forts Washington and Lee • Affairs in Canada • Surprise of the Hessians at Trenton • Various Transactions in the Jersies • General Howe’s Retreat—Makes Head-Quarters at Brunswick—His Indecision—Some Traits of his Character

       CHAPTER X

       Desultory Circumstances • Skirmishes and Events • General Howe withdraws