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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Page 16
... cause them to be treated rudely : but I rather think they could not get their hunters in . We set out about nine o'clock with the half king Jeskakake , White Thunder , and the Hunter , and travelled on the road to Venango , where we ...
... cause them to be treated rudely : but I rather think they could not get their hunters in . We set out about nine o'clock with the half king Jeskakake , White Thunder , and the Hunter , and travelled on the road to Venango , where we ...
Page 34
... cause , and if we had cause after capitulation , it was a reflection upon himself . I do not doubt but your good - nature will excuse the badness of my paper , and the incoherence of my writing : think you see me in a public house , in ...
... cause , and if we had cause after capitulation , it was a reflection upon himself . I do not doubt but your good - nature will excuse the badness of my paper , and the incoherence of my writing : think you see me in a public house , in ...
Page 49
... cause me to lament the hour that gave me a commission , and would induce me , at any other time than this of imminent danger , to resign , without one hesitating moment , a command , from which I never expect to reap either honour or ...
... cause me to lament the hour that gave me a commission , and would induce me , at any other time than this of imminent danger , to resign , without one hesitating moment , a command , from which I never expect to reap either honour or ...
Page 58
... ascribe it to any other cause , they are obftinate , self - willed , perverse , of little or no service to the people , and very burthensome to the country . Every Every mean individual has his own crude notion of things 58 THE LIFE OF.
... ascribe it to any other cause , they are obftinate , self - willed , perverse , of little or no service to the people , and very burthensome to the country . Every Every mean individual has his own crude notion of things 58 THE LIFE OF.
Page 62
... cause . " But in the event that the Assembly should still indulge that fa- vourite scheme of protecting the inhabitants by forts along the frontiers , he presented to the Governor a plan , which he recommended for his approba- tion ...
... cause . " But in the event that the Assembly should still indulge that fa- vourite scheme of protecting the inhabitants by forts along the frontiers , he presented to the Governor a plan , which he recommended for his approba- tion ...
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