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Title: Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777
With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76.

Author: Samuel Adams Drake

Release Date: February 7, 2010 [EBook #31206]

Language: English

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WORKS BY SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE

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[Illustration: GENL. BURGOYNE.]

Decisive Events in American History

BURGOYNE'S INVASION OF 1777

WITH AN
OUTLINE SKETCH OF THE AMERICAN INVASION
OF CANADA, 1775-76

BY
SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE

BOSTON 1889
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
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CONTENTS.

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