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. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, Volume 2Richard Phillips, 1804 - Presidents |
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... arrive before New York . Circular Letter of Lord Howe . State of the Ame- rican Army . The British land in force on Long Island . Battle of Brooklyn . Evacuation of Long Island . Fruitless Negotiations . New York eva- cuated . 485 ...
... arrive before New York . Circular Letter of Lord Howe . State of the Ame- rican Army . The British land in force on Long Island . Battle of Brooklyn . Evacuation of Long Island . Fruitless Negotiations . New York eva- cuated . 485 ...
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... arrived on the 14th of November at Willis's Creek , then the extreme frontier settlement of the English . Guides were there engaged to conduct him over the Aleghany mountains , the paffage of which , at that season of the year , began ...
... arrived on the 14th of November at Willis's Creek , then the extreme frontier settlement of the English . Guides were there engaged to conduct him over the Aleghany mountains , the paffage of which , at that season of the year , began ...
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... Winchester , and got baggage , horses , & c . and from thence we pursued the new road to Willis's Creek , where we arrived the 14th of November . As the answer from the commandant of the French forces 3 Here GENERAL WASHINGTON . 5.
... Winchester , and got baggage , horses , & c . and from thence we pursued the new road to Willis's Creek , where we arrived the 14th of November . As the answer from the commandant of the French forces 3 Here GENERAL WASHINGTON . 5.
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... arrived , be tween sun - setting and dark , the twenty - fifth day after I left Wil- liamsburg . We travelled over some extremely good and bad land to get to this place . As soon as I came into town , I went to Monakatoocha ( as the ...
... arrived , be tween sun - setting and dark , the twenty - fifth day after I left Wil- liamsburg . We travelled over some extremely good and bad land to get to this place . As soon as I came into town , I went to Monakatoocha ( as the ...
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... arrived when they ran off . I inquired into the situation of the French on the Mississipi , their numbers , and what forts they had built . They informed me that there were four small forts between New Orleans and the Black Islands ...
... arrived when they ran off . I inquired into the situation of the French on the Mississipi , their numbers , and what forts they had built . They informed me that there were four small forts between New Orleans and the Black Islands ...
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