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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... camp to general Braddock .... Defeat and death of that general .... Is appointed to the command of a regiment .... Extreme distress of the frontiers , and exertions of colonel Washington to augment the regular force of the colony ...
... camp to general Braddock .... Defeat and death of that general .... Is appointed to the command of a regiment .... Extreme distress of the frontiers , and exertions of colonel Washington to augment the regular force of the colony ...
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... camp to general Braddock .... Defeat and death of that general .... Is appointed to the command of a regiment .... Extreme distress of the frontiers , and exertions of colonel Washington to augment the regular forces of the colony ...
... camp to general Braddock .... Defeat and death of that general .... Is appointed to the command of a regiment .... Extreme distress of the frontiers , and exertions of colonel Washington to augment the regular forces of the colony ...
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... camp . This invi- to general tation , colonel Washington readily accepted , aid - de - camp Braddock . April . stipulating only for permission to employ him- self in the arrangement of his private affairs , until the general should be ...
... camp . This invi- to general tation , colonel Washington readily accepted , aid - de - camp Braddock . April . stipulating only for permission to employ him- self in the arrangement of his private affairs , until the general should be ...
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... camp , with a small guard left for his protection , until the arrival of colonel Dunbar . These orders he very reluctantly obeyed , having first obtained from the general his solemn promise , that means should be used to bring him up ...
... camp , with a small guard left for his protection , until the arrival of colonel Dunbar . These orders he very reluctantly obeyed , having first obtained from the general his solemn promise , that means should be used to bring him up ...
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... camp , to have some comfortable provisions prepared for the defeated army , which place , he reached the next evening , and was soon followed by the remnant of the troops . On their arrival , all the stores , except those necessary for ...
... camp , to have some comfortable provisions prepared for the defeated army , which place , he reached the next evening , and was soon followed by the remnant of the troops . On their arrival , all the stores , except those necessary for ...
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