An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War; and the First President of the United StatesThomas & Sturtevant, Sold by Thomas and Andrews, 1807 - 552 من الصفحات |
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... occasion , led Mr. WASH- INGTON with ardour to seek the appointment . 1753 . The very day on which he received his Ост . 31. commission he commenced his journey from Williamsburg . At Winchester he procured the necessary provisions ...
... occasion , led Mr. WASH- INGTON with ardour to seek the appointment . 1753 . The very day on which he received his Ост . 31. commission he commenced his journey from Williamsburg . At Winchester he procured the necessary provisions ...
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... occasion amounted to fifty eight . - The ene . my were stated to have had about two hundred kil- led and wounded . The publick gave to this brave band , merited praise ; and the assembly of Virginia expressed their sense of the ...
... occasion amounted to fifty eight . - The ene . my were stated to have had about two hundred kil- led and wounded . The publick gave to this brave band , merited praise ; and the assembly of Virginia expressed their sense of the ...
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... occasion , Col. WASH- INGTON indignantly witnessed their pusillanimity . In an official relation of the engagement , to the Ex- ecutive of Virginia , he observes , " They were struck with such an inconceivable panic , that noth- ing but ...
... occasion , Col. WASH- INGTON indignantly witnessed their pusillanimity . In an official relation of the engagement , to the Ex- ecutive of Virginia , he observes , " They were struck with such an inconceivable panic , that noth- ing but ...
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... occasion . Colonel WASHINGTON was at this time employ- ed on the new road , in the neighborhood of Rays- town . Ост . 8 , General Forbes resolved that the main 1758. army should move from this place ; and he called upon the commanding ...
... occasion . Colonel WASHINGTON was at this time employ- ed on the new road , in the neighborhood of Rays- town . Ост . 8 , General Forbes resolved that the main 1758. army should move from this place ; and he called upon the commanding ...
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... occasion dissatisfactions , which endangered a cause that could be supported by publick opinion only . To relieve him from this embarrassment , Congress passed a resolution , " That the army before Boston , was designed only to oppose ...
... occasion dissatisfactions , which endangered a cause that could be supported by publick opinion only . To relieve him from this embarrassment , Congress passed a resolution , " That the army before Boston , was designed only to oppose ...
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