Calef, John, 1725-1812
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Preferred Forms
- 100 1 _ ‡a Calef, John ‡d 1725-1812
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- 100 1 _ ‡a Calef, John, ‡d 1725-1812
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4xx's: Alternate Name Forms (6)
Works
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The siege of Penobscot. | |
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 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. |