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Identifier: americaencyclopa00newm (find matches)
Title: America: an encyclopaedia of its history and biography
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Newman, Stephen Morrell. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, Coburn & Cook publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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he brave Mollie Pitcher assisted in load-ing the cannon at which her husband hadbeen stationed till he was shot down.On the following day she received fromWashington a sergeants commission,with half-pay for life. The British con-tinued their march toward New York,and lost nearly one thousand men uponthe way, by desertion. 1778. July 3. A great massacreof the inhabitants of Wyoming Valley,Penn., took place at the hands of morethan a thousand tories and Indians,headed by Col. John Butler. The ab-sence of able bodied men to serve in thecontinental army left the Valley almostdefenceless. 1778. July 4. Forty Fort, in Wyo-ming Valley was taken, and more cruel-tics committed. The whole region wasburned and desolated in the most scathingmanner. 1778. July 4. A duel was fougntbetween Generals Cadwalladcr and Con-way, because of the latters opposition toWashington. Conway was wounded,and thinking death near at hand, he wroteWashington a letter full of repentancefor all his dishonorable efforts.
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VALE OF WYOMING. 1339 340 1778. Another duel was fought thisyear between jSIaj.-Gen. Charles Leeand Col. John Laurens, an aide of Wash-ington, who challenged Lee because ofslighting remarks made by the latter con-cerning Washington in defending his ownconduct at Monmouth. Gen. Lee waswounded, but the affltir terminated with-out any very decisive character. 1778. July 8. The French fleetunder Count DEstaing, arrived off themouth of the Delaware a few days afterthe British fleet had sailed out of thatriver, on its way from Philadelphia toNew York. The first minister fromFrance to the United States, a Mr.Gerard, came in this fleet. 1778. July 29. The French fleetarrived at Narragansett Bay in obedi-ence to an oixler to unite with a landforce under Gen. Sullivan, in driving theBritish from Rhode Island. 1778. Aug. 6. M. Gerard, first min-ister from France to the United States,was received by congress with imposingceremonies. 1778. Aug. 10. A severe storm pre-vented an impending battle bet

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