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 Honourable 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, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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... body .... Battle of Lex- ington .... Vote of Massachussetts for raising men .... Meeting of congress .... Proceedings of that body ..... Transactions in Virginia .... Provincial congress of South Carolina .... Battle of Breed's hill ...
... body .... Battle of Lex- ington .... Vote of Massachussetts for raising men .... Meeting of congress .... Proceedings of that body ..... Transactions in Virginia .... Provincial congress of South Carolina .... Battle of Breed's hill ...
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... body of troops , some pieces of light artillery , and stores of ab- solute and immediate necessity . The reasons urged by him in support of this advice were , that , according to all their intelligence , the French were at present weak ...
... body of troops , some pieces of light artillery , and stores of ab- solute and immediate necessity . The reasons urged by him in support of this advice were , that , according to all their intelligence , the French were at present weak ...
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... body , march to some of the nearest forts , and uniting with their petty garrisons , risk an action with the enemy ; or wait until the militia could be raised . It was unanimously advised to continue at Winchester , to protect the ...
... body , march to some of the nearest forts , and uniting with their petty garrisons , risk an action with the enemy ; or wait until the militia could be raised . It was unanimously advised to continue at Winchester , to protect the ...
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... inflicted death by torture . As soon as the main body of the enemy had withdrawn from the settlements , a tour was made by colonel Washington to the southwes tern frontier , in order to examine in person the THE LIFE OF.
... inflicted death by torture . As soon as the main body of the enemy had withdrawn from the settlements , a tour was made by colonel Washington to the southwes tern frontier , in order to examine in person the THE LIFE OF.
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... body of inhabitants had combined with me in executing the deceitful fraud . Or why did they , almost to a man , for- sake their dwellings in the greatest terror and confusion ? and while one half of them sought shelter in paltry forts ...
... body of inhabitants had combined with me in executing the deceitful fraud . Or why did they , almost to a man , for- sake their dwellings in the greatest terror and confusion ? and while one half of them sought shelter in paltry forts ...
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