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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
ting of five members, viz.: John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge; Richard Peters elected secretary June 12, 1776 American forces under General Sullivan retire from Canada to Crown Point, N. Y. June 18, 1776 Unsuccessful attack on Fort Moultrie by British fleet under Sir Peter Parker June 28, 1776 Declaration of Independence adopted by Congress July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence read to the army in New York by order of General Washington July 9, 1776 British General Lord Howe lands 10,000 men and forty guns near Gravesend, L. I. Aug. 22, 1776 Battle of Long Island Aug. 27, 1776 Washington withdraws his forces from Long Island to the city of New York.Aug. 29-30, 1776 Congress resolves that all Continental commissions in which heretofore the words United colonies have been used, bear hereafter the words United States Sept. 9, 1776 Americans evacuate New York CitySept. 14, 1776 British repulsed at Harlem HeightsSept. 16, 1776 Benj
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
00 bullets......July 6, 1776 Northern army falls back from Crown Point to Ticonderoga......July 7, 1776 New York Provincial Congress at White Plains sanctions the Declaration of Independence, making the thirteen colonies unanimous......July 9, 1776 [This Congress meets four times up to July 9, 1776, when it takes the name Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York, meeting at Kingston.] One sloop, three schooners, and five smaller boats, carrying fifty-eight guns anJuly 9, 1776, when it takes the name Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York, meeting at Kingston.] One sloop, three schooners, and five smaller boats, carrying fifty-eight guns and eighty-six swivels, built at Whitehall by the Americans to control Lake Champlain; manned by about 400 men......Aug. 22, 1776 Lord Howe lands 10,000 men and forty guns near Gravesend, L. I.......Aug. 22, 1776 Americans under General Sullivan defeated by General Howe, and Generals Sullivan and Sterling taken prisoners; battle of Long Island......Aug. 27, 1776 General Washington withdraws his forces to the city of New York from Long Island......Aug. 29-30, 1776 British use condemned