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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... 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 information respect- ing 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 information respect- ing vacant lands , and of forming those opinions concerning ...
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... considerable bot- tom of flat well - timbered land all around it , very convenient for building . The rivers are each a quarter of a mile or more across , and run here very nearly at right angles ; Aleghany bearing N. E. and Monongahela ...
... considerable bot- tom of flat well - timbered land all around it , very convenient for building . The rivers are each a quarter of a mile or more across , and run here very nearly at right angles ; Aleghany bearing N. E. and Monongahela ...
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... considerably wide in some places . 12th . I prepared to wait upon the commander early , and was received and conducted to him by the second officer in command . I acquainted him with my business , and offered my commission and letter ...
... considerably wide in some places . 12th . I prepared to wait upon the commander early , and was received and conducted to him by the second officer in command . I acquainted him with my business , and offered my commission and letter ...
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... the pigeons in the woods . Among those who brought this information was a very trusty chief , who had left the fort on the Ohio ' only two days before , before , where he had seen a considerable reinforce- ment 28 THE LIFE OF.
... the pigeons in the woods . Among those who brought this information was a very trusty chief , who had left the fort on the Ohio ' only two days before , before , where he had seen a considerable reinforce- ment 28 THE LIFE OF.
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... considerable reinforce- ment arrive , and had heard the intention declared of marching immediately to attack the English , with a corps composed of eighteen hundred French ; and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated ...
... considerable reinforce- ment arrive , and had heard the intention declared of marching immediately to attack the English , with a corps composed of eighteen hundred French ; and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated ...
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