Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... meeting in Chichester , accompa- nied by a number of others . I do not recollect to have heard the preacher's name , but I am inclined to think that it must have been Elder Eliphalet Smith , [ common- ly called " Mountain Smith . " ] At ...
... meeting in Chichester , accompa- nied by a number of others . I do not recollect to have heard the preacher's name , but I am inclined to think that it must have been Elder Eliphalet Smith , [ common- ly called " Mountain Smith . " ] At ...
Page 103
... meeting our friends . My mother , brothers and sisters had despaired of ever seeing me again , until some of my shipmates who were ahead of me gave information of my being on the way home ; so that I did not come upon them unexpectedly ...
... meeting our friends . My mother , brothers and sisters had despaired of ever seeing me again , until some of my shipmates who were ahead of me gave information of my being on the way home ; so that I did not come upon them unexpectedly ...
Page 109
... meeting - house , in Providence , Rhode - Island . " But , it was not in the ardent conflict of the field on- ly that our countrymen fell . It was not the ordinary chances of war , alone , which they had to encounter . Happy indeed ...
... meeting - house , in Providence , Rhode - Island . " But , it was not in the ardent conflict of the field on- ly that our countrymen fell . It was not the ordinary chances of war , alone , which they had to encounter . Happy indeed ...
Page 113
... meeting again . The ship on which I entered was call- ed the Frederick , and was very much crowded ; so that two men were obliged to lie in one bunk . I was put into a bunk with a young man whose name was Wills ; he belonged to Ipswich ...
... meeting again . The ship on which I entered was call- ed the Frederick , and was very much crowded ; so that two men were obliged to lie in one bunk . I was put into a bunk with a young man whose name was Wills ; he belonged to Ipswich ...
Page 117
... meeting each other once more . We could indeed sympathize with each other in some degree , but our situation seemed very precarious . My uncle was very low spirited , but he was favored with his reason ; and it pleased God to continue ...
... meeting each other once more . We could indeed sympathize with each other in some degree , but our situation seemed very precarious . My uncle was very low spirited , but he was favored with his reason ; and it pleased God to continue ...
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