The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931 - Government publications |
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Page xliv
... Guard did a great deal of secretarial work . During the strenuous periods of the war as many as ten to fifteen letters a day went out from Headquarters , and it is amusing to note how , with the arrival of each new aide , the bulk of ...
... Guard did a great deal of secretarial work . During the strenuous periods of the war as many as ten to fifteen letters a day went out from Headquarters , and it is amusing to note how , with the arrival of each new aide , the bulk of ...
Page xlvii
... Guard was to see to their safety , in packing and trans- porting Headquarters impedimenta , whenever and wherever the Army moved . Washington's appreciation of the value of his papers is to be found in his correspondence . It shows that ...
... Guard was to see to their safety , in packing and trans- porting Headquarters impedimenta , whenever and wherever the Army moved . Washington's appreciation of the value of his papers is to be found in his correspondence . It shows that ...
Page xlviii
... Guard was to transport all the papers from Rocky Hill , New Jersey , to Mount Vernon , where a special vault was built for their storage . The records and letters that accumulated during Washing- ton's two terms as President of the ...
... Guard was to transport all the papers from Rocky Hill , New Jersey , to Mount Vernon , where a special vault was built for their storage . The records and letters that accumulated during Washing- ton's two terms as President of the ...
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... guard against those French Indians who have taken up the hatchet against us . I have spoken thus particularly to you Brothers , be- cause his Honour our Governor treats you as good Friends and Allies ; and holds you in great Esteem . To ...
... guard against those French Indians who have taken up the hatchet against us . I have spoken thus particularly to you Brothers , be- cause his Honour our Governor treats you as good Friends and Allies ; and holds you in great Esteem . To ...
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... guard to defend it and with the rest of my men , set out in a heavy rain , and in a night as dark as pitch , along a path scarce broad enough for one man ; we were sometime fifteen or twenty minutes out of the path , before we could ...
... guard to defend it and with the rest of my men , set out in a heavy rain , and in a night as dark as pitch , along a path scarce broad enough for one man ; we were sometime fifteen or twenty minutes out of the path , before we could ...
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