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 340
Not an officer was at the second barrier , who did not receive several balls
through his clothes , and some of them ... on his field piece , had abandoned it ,
and brought on his company to the second barrier , near which he received his
wound .
Not an officer was at the second barrier , who did not receive several balls
through his clothes , and some of them ... on his field piece , had abandoned it ,
and brought on his company to the second barrier , near which he received his
wound .
Page 410
... instructions were received from the conventions June 28 . of those provinces
also directing their repre . sentatives to assent to it , July 2 . The resolution was
now unanimously agreed Independence to , and the declaration , which had
been ...
... instructions were received from the conventions June 28 . of those provinces
also directing their repre . sentatives to assent to it , July 2 . The resolution was
now unanimously agreed Independence to , and the declaration , which had
been ...
Page 415
Here , they were received with great demonstrations of joy by the inhabitants ,
who took the oaths of allegiance to the British crown , and embodied themselves
under the authority of the late governor Tryon , for the defence of the island .
Strong ...
Here , they were received with great demonstrations of joy by the inhabitants ,
who took the oaths of allegiance to the British crown , and embodied themselves
under the authority of the late governor Tryon , for the defence of the island .
Strong ...
Page 529
On receiving this re - enforcement , amounting to December 6 . about two
thousand men , general Washington commenced his march to Princeton ; but
before Seventh . he could reach that place , he received intelligence that lord
Cornwallis ...
On receiving this re - enforcement , amounting to December 6 . about two
thousand men , general Washington commenced his march to Princeton ; but
before Seventh . he could reach that place , he received intelligence that lord
Cornwallis ...
Page 68
Their orders I hope to receive before or immediately on my arrival . ... but as these
gentlemen probably are not fully apprized of the danger hanging over their heads
, as I have received intel . ligence from the camp that the fleet is sailed , and ...
Their orders I hope to receive before or immediately on my arrival . ... but as these
gentlemen probably are not fully apprized of the danger hanging over their heads
, as I have received intel . ligence from the camp that the fleet is sailed , and ...
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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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