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Military journal, during the American Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783 : describing the events and transactions of this period, with numerous historical facts and anecdotes ; to which is added, an appendix, containing biographical sketches of several general officers

James Thacher · 1854 · Scanned text

199,904 words · about 14 h to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: PD · Library of Congress states the book is in the public domain and free to use and reuse (https://data.labs.loc.gov/digitized-books/README.html); published 1854, author long deceased · Library of Congress, Selected Digitized Books (https://www.loc.gov/item/06010831); text via the Common Pile (CC BY 4.0 compilation, per-document rights preserved)

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About this book

Author
James Thacher
Language
English
Published
1854
Length
199,904 words · about 14 h
Sections
5 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain

 

Contents (5)
  1. Front matter under 1 min
  2. Dedication about 1 min
  3. Introduction about 10 h
  4. Appendix about 3 h 38 min
  5. Contents about 21 min

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Front matter

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Dedication

TO HIS EX&ELLENCY JOHN BROOKS, ESQUIRE,

GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS.

// is with peculiar felicity that your Excellency is recognized as one among the few survivors of that heroic band who have been crowned with military honors for glorious achievements, at an era when our republic was in its infancy, and in peril for its existence.

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