 | American Philosophical Society - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 734
...as they floated along with the tide : I fet them afloat in the Delaware, above the Englifh (hipping at Philadelphia, in December, 1777. I was unacquainted...of it, as i afterwards found. We went as near the (hipping as he durft venture ; 1 believe the darknefs of the night greatly deceived him, as it did... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 638
...floated along with the tide : I fet them afloat in the Delaware, 4 above above the Englifh fliipping at Philadelphia, in December, 1777. I was unacquainted...of it, as I afterwards found. We went as near the fliipping as he durd venture ; I believe the darknefs of the night greatly-deceived him, as it did... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 664
...Vtffcl.— Purification of Copper. $3.5 above the Knglifli (hipping at Philadelphia, In December, 1777. Twas unacquainted with the river, and obliged to depend upon a gentleman very imperfe&ly acquainted with that part of it, as I afterwards found. We went as near the (hipping as... | |
 | Thomas Clark - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 244
...as they floated along with the tide. I set them afloat in the Delawave, above the English shipping at Philadelphia, in December 1777. I was unacquainted...of it, as I afterwards found. We went as near the shipping as we durst venture : I believe the darkness of the night greatly deceived him, as it did... | |
 | John Randolph Spears - 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 460
...I set them afloat in the Delaware, above the English shipping at Philadelphia, in December, 1 777. I was unacquainted with the river and obliged to depend...of it, as I afterwards found. We went as near the shipping as we durst venture. I believe the darkness of the night greatly deceived him, as it did me.... | |
 | 1906 - عدد الصفحات: 282
...they floated along with the tide: I then set them afloat in the Delaware, above the English shipping at Philadelphia, in December, 1777. I was unacquainted...of it, as I afterwards found. We went as near the shipping as he durst venture ; I believe the darkness of the night greatly deceived him, as it did... | |
 | Herbert C. Fyfe - 1907 - عدد الصفحات: 350
...as they floated along with the tide. I set them afloat in the Delaware, above the English shipping at Philadelphia, in December, 1777. I was unacquainted...of it, as I afterwards found. We went as near the shipping as we durst venture ; I believe the darkness of the night greatly BVSHNELL'S SUDMARINE A A.... | |
 | Murray Fraser Sueter - 1907 - عدد الصفحات: 674
...anything as they floated with the tide. I let them afloat in the Delaware, above the English shipping, At Philadelphia in December 1777. I was unacquainted with the river, and obliged to depend on a gentleman unacquainted with that part, as I afterwards found. "We went as near the shipping as... | |
 | Gardner Weld Allen - 1913 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...Pickering MSB., v, 60. In Narr. and Crit. Hist., vi, eh. v, and in Bradford, are interesting maps. in December 1777. I was unacquainted with the river...of it, as I afterwards found. We went as near the shipping as we durst venture; I believe the darkness of the night greatly deceived him, as it did me.... | |
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We went as near the shipping as we durst venture. I believe the darkness of the night greatly deceived him, as it did me. We set them adrift, to fall with the ebb upon the shipping. Had we been within sixty rods... 
