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The siege of Penobscot by the rebels : containing a Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's forces detached from the 74th and 82d regiments, consisting of about 700 rank and file, under the command of Captain Brigadier-General Francis M'Lean, and of three of His Majesty's sloops of war, of 16 guns each, under the command of Captain Henry Mowat, senior officer : when besieged by three thousand three hundred (rebel) land forces, under the command of Brigadier-General Solomon Lovell, and seventeen rebel ships and vessels of war, under the command of G. Saltonstall, commodore : to which is annexed a Proclamation issued June 15, 1779, by General M'Lean and Captain Barclay to the inhabitants : also Brigadier-General Lovell's Proclamation to the inhabitants : and his letter to Commodore Saltonstall, found on board the rebel ship Hunter : together with the names, force, and commanders, of the rebel ships destroyed in Penobscot Bay and River, August 14 and 15, 1779 : with a chart of the Peninsula of Majabigwaduce, and of Penobscot River : to which is subjoined a Postscript, wherein a short account of the country of Penobscot is given / by J.C. esq., a volunteer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calef, John, 1725-1812.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Magazine of history with notes and queries. Extra number ; no. 11, pt. 1.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- The Magazine of history with notes and queries. Extra number ; [vol. III] no. 11 [pt. 1]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Penobscot Expedition, 1779.
- Maine--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Maine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (55 p. ) front. (map) ;
- Other Title:
- Siege of Penobscot by the rebels
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for G. Kearsley [etc.], 1781 ; New York : Reprinted, W. Abbatt, 1910.
- Notes:
- On cover: ... Added, Captain Henry Mowat's "Relation" and biographical and topographical notes.
- Edited by Nathan Goold.
- Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
- Sabin no. 9925.
- Bibliography: p. 14.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG10147055-B
- OCLC:
- 85801719
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