at the surface only.
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love of gain.
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a door cut into halves, upper and lower.
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extreme.
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a British colonel.
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an American general; also spelled Sumter.
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a branch of the Broad, which is a branch of the Congaree River, South Carolina.
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irons for supporting wood in a fire-place.
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a village in Westchester County, north of the Harlem River.
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White Plains.
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regular troops, British.
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with scorn.
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readiness to converse.
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British spy, captured near Tarrytown, and hanged near Tappan.
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The glances conveyed a hidden meaning.
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DeLancey was a British officer in command of the Cow-Boys
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overspread.
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fears.
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a bright red color.
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open; frank.
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defeated.
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ended.
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Long Island Sound.
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waves.
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readiness.
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thinking.
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entertaining guests without pay.
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disturbed condition of mind.
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a stringed instrument that is caused to sound by the impulse of the air.
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fright.
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from the side.
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signs or motions.
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very great.
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using but few words.
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overcoat.
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change.
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on the Hudson, forty miles north of New York.
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is the duty of.
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to make easy.
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very hastily.
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trial.
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never to be loosened.
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free from blame.
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a mounted sentinel.
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These were Hessian soldiers (from Hesse-Cassel, in Germany) hired by Great Britain. The Cow-Boys were Americans enlisted as soldiers in the British army. On the next page they are referred to as the “refugee troop.”
