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 60
I . having been informed by others acquainted with 1758 . the country , I am
convinced that a road , to be compared with general Braddock ' s , or indeed that
will be fit for transportation even by packhorses , cannot be made . I own I have
no ...
I . having been informed by others acquainted with 1758 . the country , I am
convinced that a road , to be compared with general Braddock ' s , or indeed that
will be fit for transportation even by packhorses , cannot be made . I own I have
no ...
Page 62
The flattering accounts of the forage on the Raystown road , could not but be
exaggerated . It was agreed by all unprejudiced men acquainted with the country
, that the mountains on that road were still more inaccessible than on general ...
The flattering accounts of the forage on the Raystown road , could not but be
exaggerated . It was agreed by all unprejudiced men acquainted with the country
, that the mountains on that road were still more inaccessible than on general ...
Page 439
VII . and enter a road leading from Jamaica to 1776 . Bedford . These several
roads unite between Bedford and Brooklyn a small distance in front of the
American lines . On the direct road from Flatbush to Brooklyn , and very near the
former ...
VII . and enter a road leading from Jamaica to 1776 . Bedford . These several
roads unite between Bedford and Brooklyn a small distance in front of the
American lines . On the direct road from Flatbush to Brooklyn , and very near the
former ...
Page 440
VII . the road from Flatbush to Bedford . Colonel 1776 . Miles with his regiment of
riflemen , still re . mained on the ground where he had originally been placed .
About nine o ' clock at night , general Clinton silently drew off the van of the army
...
VII . the road from Flatbush to Bedford . Colonel 1776 . Miles with his regiment of
riflemen , still re . mained on the ground where he had originally been placed .
About nine o ' clock at night , general Clinton silently drew off the van of the army
...
Page 451
VII . cient to maintain in full force , detachments 1776 . which should guard all the
defiles through the mountains , and if a strong corps capable of , and intended for
, serious resistance , had been posted on this road , and a feint had been made ...
VII . cient to maintain in full force , detachments 1776 . which should guard all the
defiles through the mountains , and if a strong corps capable of , and intended for
, serious resistance , had been posted on this road , and a feint had been made ...
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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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