An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . ADKLPHIA., -WHERB THB DBCLA-RATIONOF INDBPBNDBNCB WAS SIGNED. successive detachments. As operations were delayed till the wholewere assembled, his lordship circulated a proclamation, offering fullpardon to all who should return to their duty, and to any port or co-lony so acting, peace, protection, and free trade. No concessionbeing mentioned as to the original grounds of dispute.
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . ADKLPHIA., -WHERB THB DBCLA-RATIONOF INDBPBNDBNCB WAS SIGNED. successive detachments. As operations were delayed till the wholewere assembled, his lordship circulated a proclamation, offering fullpardon to all who should return to their duty, and to any port or co-lony so acting, peace, protection, and free trade. No concessionbeing mentioned as to the original grounds of dispute. Congress con-sidered it so unsatisfactory that they studiously circulated it amongthe people. Lord Howe also attempted to open communication?with Washington ; but as he did not choose to address him inhis letter under his title of general, his advances were politelydechned. The British designs had been well concealed, and the Americancommander remained long in anxious doubt whether the inroad wasnot to be made on the side of Canada. Considering New York,however, as the most probable and dangerous point, he had beenliiiigently strengthening all its approaches. Having determined also BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. 341. LORD HOWS to make a stand for the defence of Long Island, he formed stronglines at Brooklyn, nearly opposite to the city, stationing the flowerof his troops along a range of strongly fortified heights in front of theBritish quarters on Staten Island. Huwe, meantime, waited till hiawhole force was mustered, when he could follow up without inter-ruption any success he might obtain. About the middle of August,he had been joined by nearly all the reinforcements from Britain,and also by those from the south under Clinton and Cornwallis,which augruenled his force to about thirty thousand men. He still,however, waited a few days on account of the intense heat, which,be dreaded, would injure the health of the troops. At length, on the 22d August, the British army crossed the chan
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