Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... hundred rods of the Atlantic ocean . I was the second son and fourth child of my parents . My brothers were Thomas , older than myself , Samuel , George and John ; the last died in infancy . My sisters were Martha , Elizabeth , Mary ...
... hundred rods of the Atlantic ocean . I was the second son and fourth child of my parents . My brothers were Thomas , older than myself , Samuel , George and John ; the last died in infancy . My sisters were Martha , Elizabeth , Mary ...
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... hundred yards , and then in a few minutes you may have a clear sky and bright sun for half an hour , and you are then enveloped in the fog again . The Jamaica fleet , which consisted of about one hundred and fifty sail , some of which ...
... hundred yards , and then in a few minutes you may have a clear sky and bright sun for half an hour , and you are then enveloped in the fog again . The Jamaica fleet , which consisted of about one hundred and fifty sail , some of which ...
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... hundred yards of our lines . About the 9th , the British fleet lying within the bar , having a fresh wind in their favour , ventured to run by Sullivan's Island , under a heavy fire from fort Moultrie . They lost twenty seven seamen ...
... hundred yards of our lines . About the 9th , the British fleet lying within the bar , having a fresh wind in their favour , ventured to run by Sullivan's Island , under a heavy fire from fort Moultrie . They lost twenty seven seamen ...
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... hundred , if we had been disposed . One however an- swered our purpose , and we soon had some cookery going on while congratulating each other on our escape from destruction . We laid the two shallops as near each other as we dared ...
... hundred , if we had been disposed . One however an- swered our purpose , and we soon had some cookery going on while congratulating each other on our escape from destruction . We laid the two shallops as near each other as we dared ...
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... hundred people . Amongst them was an old English lady of dis- tinction , who appeared to have an excellent education , and to whose opinion and instructions they all seemed to pay an especial deference . She was the only person amongst ...
... hundred people . Amongst them was an old English lady of dis- tinction , who appeared to have an excellent education , and to whose opinion and instructions they all seemed to pay an especial deference . She was the only person amongst ...
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