EPOCHS of MODERN HISTORY

EDITED BY

EDWARD E. MORRIS, M.A., J. SURTEES PHIILPOTTS, B.C.L.

AND

C. COLBECK, M.A.

THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

J. M. LUDLOW

PRINTED BY

SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE

LONDON

THE WAR

OF

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

1775-1783

BY

JOHN MALCOLM LUDLOW

AUTHOR OF 'A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
FROM INDEPENDENCE TO SECESSION PRESIDENT LINCOLN SELF-POURTRAYED'

ETC.

WITH FOUR MAPS

FIFTH EDITION

LONDON

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1889

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