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 242
That part of it which lay about Roxbury , constituted the right wing , which was
now commanded by major general Ward : those troops about Mystic , or Medford
river , formed the left ; which was placed under the command of major general
Lee ...
That part of it which lay about Roxbury , constituted the right wing , which was
now commanded by major general Ward : those troops about Mystic , or Medford
river , formed the left ; which was placed under the command of major general
Lee ...
Page 301
The facility with which Crown Point and Ticonderoga had been taken , and the
perfect command of the lakes George and Champlain acquired , added to the
motives already stated , inspired congress with the daring design of anticipating
the ...
The facility with which Crown Point and Ticonderoga had been taken , and the
perfect command of the lakes George and Champlain acquired , added to the
motives already stated , inspired congress with the daring design of anticipating
the ...
Page 368
The Americans had the command of the lake , and the British general deemed it
prudent to wrest it from them before he advanced further . To effect this , it was
necessary to construct a number of vessels , which required time and labour .
The Americans had the command of the lake , and the British general deemed it
prudent to wrest it from them before he advanced further . To effect this , it was
necessary to construct a number of vessels , which required time and labour .
Page 370
It seems then to have been an enterprise , requiring means beyond those in the
command of congress ; and the strength exhausted on it would have been more
judiciously employed , in preparing to secure the command of the lakes , and the
...
It seems then to have been an enterprise , requiring means beyond those in the
command of congress ; and the strength exhausted on it would have been more
judiciously employed , in preparing to secure the command of the lakes , and the
...
Page 68
I have now under my command a respectable force adequate to the purpose of
securing the place , and purging all its environs of traitors , on which subject I
shall expect with impatience the de . termination of the congress . Their orders I
hope ...
I have now under my command a respectable force adequate to the purpose of
securing the place , and purging all its environs of traitors , on which subject I
shall expect with impatience the de . termination of the congress . Their orders I
hope ...
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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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