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 36
... execute them . The assembly , however , having risen in a few days , without mak- ing any provision whatever for the further prose- cution of the war , this wild expedition was for the present relinquished . After the season for action ...
... execute them . The assembly , however , having risen in a few days , without mak- ing any provision whatever for the further prose- cution of the war , this wild expedition was for the present relinquished . After the season for action ...
Page 47
... executed , the party which had done so much mischief , and excited such alarm , recrossed the Aleghany mountains with im- punity . The commander in chief , who was under the necessity of attending personally to every de- partment , was ...
... executed , the party which had done so much mischief , and excited such alarm , recrossed the Aleghany mountains with im- punity . The commander in chief , who was under the necessity of attending personally to every de- partment , was ...
Page 62
... execution required two thou- sand men . These were to be distributed in twenty- two forts , extending from the river Mayo to the Potowmack , in a line of three hundred and sixty miles . In a letter written about the same time to the ...
... execution required two thou- sand men . These were to be distributed in twenty- two forts , extending from the river Mayo to the Potowmack , in a line of three hundred and sixty miles . In a letter written about the same time to the ...
Page 63
... rude man , without just conceptions of the situation or real interests of the colony , fre- quently deranged his systems by orders which could * not be executed without considerable hazard and inconvenience . I not GENERAL WASHINGTON . 63.
... rude man , without just conceptions of the situation or real interests of the colony , fre- quently deranged his systems by orders which could * not be executed without considerable hazard and inconvenience . I not GENERAL WASHINGTON . 63.
Page 64
... executed without considerable hazard and inconvenience . He could not always restrain his chagrin at such occasions ; and on one of them he observed , in a letter to an intimate friend , and a person of great influence " Whence it ...
... executed without considerable hazard and inconvenience . He could not always restrain his chagrin at such occasions ; and on one of them he observed , in a letter to an intimate friend , and a person of great influence " Whence it ...
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