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 143
Captain Preston , and the soldiers who had fired , were committed to prison for
trial ; and , on the next day , upwards of four thousand persons assembled at
Faneuil hall , and addressed to the lieutenant governor , a message , stating it to
be ...
Captain Preston , and the soldiers who had fired , were committed to prison for
trial ; and , on the next day , upwards of four thousand persons assembled at
Faneuil hall , and addressed to the lieutenant governor , a message , stating it to
be ...
Page 145
... entirely , to exculpate the military characters concerned in it . It would appear
that an attack upon the soldiers , probably in the belief that only the loss of lives
could occasion their removal from the town , had been premeditated ; and that
after ...
... entirely , to exculpate the military characters concerned in it . It would appear
that an attack upon the soldiers , probably in the belief that only the loss of lives
could occasion their removal from the town , had been premeditated ; and that
after ...
Page 267
IV . posing that commissions and rank might 1775 . depend on recruiting men ,
began , without permission , to inlist soldiers to serve particu . larly under them .
This practice it was necessary to stop . All further inlistments , under particular ...
IV . posing that commissions and rank might 1775 . depend on recruiting men ,
began , without permission , to inlist soldiers to serve particu . larly under them .
This practice it was necessary to stop . All further inlistments , under particular ...
Page 277
The soldiers composing the first army had generally brought with them into the
field their own fire arms . ... and fix their value , and notice was given that two
months pay should be stopped from every , soldier who should leave the camp
without ...
The soldiers composing the first army had generally brought with them into the
field their own fire arms . ... and fix their value , and notice was given that two
months pay should be stopped from every , soldier who should leave the camp
without ...
Page 281
To make men well acquainted with the duties of a soldier requires time . ... To
expect then the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits , as from
veteran soldiers , is to expect what never did , and perhaps , never will happen ,
VOL . II .
To make men well acquainted with the duties of a soldier requires time . ... To
expect then the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits , as from
veteran soldiers , is to expect what never did , and perhaps , never will happen ,
VOL . II .
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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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