The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative, Volume 2J. Crissy, 1845 |
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... minister of his most Christian * The distresses of the southern army were such that , if plainly described , truth would wear the appearance of fiction . They were almost naked and barefooted , fre- quently without food , and always ...
... minister of his most Christian * The distresses of the southern army were such that , if plainly described , truth would wear the appearance of fiction . They were almost naked and barefooted , fre- quently without food , and always ...
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... minister of France and commanding officers of the French troops , as well as on the Marquis de Lafayette , who was about to return to his native country . The first intelligence from Europe was far from being calculated to diminish the ...
... minister of France and commanding officers of the French troops , as well as on the Marquis de Lafayette , who was about to return to his native country . The first intelligence from Europe was far from being calculated to diminish the ...
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... minister of finance was informed by some of his agents , that the collec tion of the revenue had been postponed in some of the states , in conse quence of which the month of December would arrive before any money could come into the ...
... minister of finance was informed by some of his agents , that the collec tion of the revenue had been postponed in some of the states , in conse quence of which the month of December would arrive before any money could come into the ...
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... ministers , and by in- structions to the officers commanding the forces in America , which con- ormed to them . While General Washington was employed in addressing circular let- ters to the state governments , suggesting all those ...
... ministers , and by in- structions to the officers commanding the forces in America , which con- ormed to them . While General Washington was employed in addressing circular let- ters to the state governments , suggesting all those ...
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... ministers , than to any fixed determi- nation to relinquish the design of reannexing America to the crown . Under these impressions , the overtures now made were considered as opiates , administered to lull the spirit of vigilance which ...
... ministers , than to any fixed determi- nation to relinquish the design of reannexing America to the crown . Under these impressions , the overtures now made were considered as opiates , administered to lull the spirit of vigilance which ...
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