Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... commanders of vessels which sailed from Portsmouth . My grandmother , Mrs. Knight , married Mr. Shadrach Weymouth , whose sons I shall have occasion to mention hereafter . I was born in the town of Rye , * 2 MEMOIRS ...
... commanders of vessels which sailed from Portsmouth . My grandmother , Mrs. Knight , married Mr. Shadrach Weymouth , whose sons I shall have occasion to mention hereafter . I was born in the town of Rye , * 2 MEMOIRS ...
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... town of Rye , * once a part of Ports- mouth , N. H. September 30th , 1765 , within one 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 ...
... town of Rye , * once a part of Ports- mouth , N. H. September 30th , 1765 , within one 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 ...
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... town , parents preferred this ship as a station for their sons who were about to enter the naval service . Hence ... town boys , or the maxims or dialect of sailors . The town boys thought themselves vastly superior to country lads ; and ...
... town , parents preferred this ship as a station for their sons who were about to enter the naval service . Hence ... town boys , or the maxims or dialect of sailors . The town boys thought themselves vastly superior to country lads ; and ...
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... town is bounded on the south by the southwest arm ; on the south side of this arm or river , is a very steep and high mountain , covered with evergreens ; a similar mountain comes almost down to the town on the west ; it is bound- ed by ...
... town is bounded on the south by the southwest arm ; on the south side of this arm or river , is a very steep and high mountain , covered with evergreens ; a similar mountain comes almost down to the town on the west ; it is bound- ed by ...
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... town as well as the garrison , obtained their water from the same spring . It was perhaps sometime in May , 1781 , that we came to this place , and the season passed away until Septem- ber , without any prospect of release . CHAPTER III ...
... town as well as the garrison , obtained their water from the same spring . It was perhaps sometime in May , 1781 , that we came to this place , and the season passed away until Septem- ber , without any prospect of release . CHAPTER III ...
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