Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 334
veof one adventure. ABritish sloop laden withsupplies was anchored wwkin the East River, di- i™rectly under the gunsof the enemys batteries.Captain Hale, with aparty of picked men atthe dead hour of the night, withmuffled oars, crept over to the otherside, seized the sloop, silenced thesingle… … Seized the Sloop. 300 Book of Patriotism received by our own suffering troops, and at onceappropriated to their use. . . . Soon after this time was fought the disastrous battleof Long Island, to add new discouragement to ouralready disheartened army. They were encamped atvarious points, from the…
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