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, Volume 2C.P. Wayne, 1804 - Generals |
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... considerable , his youth was employed in useful industry ; and in the practice of his profession as a surveyor , he had an opportunity of acquiring that informa- tion respecting vacant lands , and of forming those opinions concerning ...
... considerable , his youth was employed in useful industry ; and in the practice of his profession as a surveyor , he had an opportunity of acquiring that informa- tion respecting vacant lands , and of forming those opinions concerning ...
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... considerable impediments from the snow and high waters , he reached the mouth of Turtle creek , on the Monongahela , on the 22d , where he learned from an Indian trader , that the French general was dead , and that the major part of the ...
... considerable impediments from the snow and high waters , he reached the mouth of Turtle creek , on the Monongahela , on the 22d , where he learned from an Indian trader , that the French general was dead , and that the major part of the ...
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... considerable re - enforcement arrive , and had heard the intention declared of march- ing immediately to attack the English , with a corps composed of eight hundred French , and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated ...
... considerable re - enforcement arrive , and had heard the intention declared of march- ing immediately to attack the English , with a corps composed of eight hundred French , and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated ...
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... considerable changes were made in this respect . June . The army consisted of two British regiments , with a few corps of provincials . On the third Fifteenth . day after it had moved from its ground , and had marched but a little more ...
... considerable changes were made in this respect . June . The army consisted of two British regiments , with a few corps of provincials . On the third Fifteenth . day after it had moved from its ground , and had marched but a little more ...
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... considerable amount , with only about fifty men to guard them . A council of war was called to determine , whether he should , at the head of this small body , march to some of the nearest forts , and uniting with their petty garrisons ...
... considerable amount , with only about fifty men to guard them . A council of war was called to determine , whether he should , at the head of this small body , march to some of the nearest forts , and uniting with their petty garrisons ...
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