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 2 |
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Page 7
On the march , colonel Fry died at Patterson ' s creek , and the command
devolved on colonel Washington . Their junction was effected at the Great
Meadows , soon after which two independent companies of regulars arrived at
the same place ...
On the march , colonel Fry died at Patterson ' s creek , and the command
devolved on colonel Washington . Their junction was effected at the Great
Meadows , soon after which two independent companies of regulars arrived at
the same place ...
Page 19
The general was brought off in a small tumbril by colonel Washington , captain
Stewart of his guards , and his servant . Colonel Washington was immediately
dispatched to Dunbar ' s camp , to have some comfortable provisions prepared
for ...
The general was brought off in a small tumbril by colonel Washington , captain
Stewart of his guards , and his servant . Colonel Washington was immediately
dispatched to Dunbar ' s camp , to have some comfortable provisions prepared
for ...
Page 25
With this state of things , colonel Washington was deeply affected . “ I see their
situation , " said he , in a letter to the lieutenant governor , “ I know their danger ,
and participate their sufferings , without having it in my power to give them further
...
With this state of things , colonel Washington was deeply affected . “ I see their
situation , " said he , in a letter to the lieutenant governor , “ I know their danger ,
and participate their sufferings , without having it in my power to give them further
...
Page 504
He therefore directed colonel Rawle with a brigade of Hessians which he com .
manded , to cross the Brunx and make a cir . cuit so as to gain a position from
which hę might annoy the right flank of general M ' Dougal , while brigadier
general ...
He therefore directed colonel Rawle with a brigade of Hessians which he com .
manded , to cross the Brunx and make a cir . cuit so as to gain a position from
which hę might annoy the right flank of general M ' Dougal , while brigadier
general ...
Page 514
Early next morning colonel Magaw posted his troops partly in the lines drawn
across the Nov . 16 . island on the south of the fort ; partly between the lines , on
the woody and rocky heights fronting the East river , where the works were not ...
Early next morning colonel Magaw posted his troops partly in the lines drawn
across the Nov . 16 . island on the south of the fort ; partly between the lines , on
the woody and rocky heights fronting the East river , where the works were not ...
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| Title | 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 ..., Volume 2 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, Bushrod Washington |
| Author | John Marshall |
| Publisher | C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2007 |
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