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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Two British regiments arrive at Boston . . . . Resolutions of the house of burgesses
of Virginia . . . . The governor dissolves the assembly . . . . The members form and
sign a non - importation association . . . . Measures generally taken against the ...
Two British regiments arrive at Boston . . . . Resolutions of the house of burgesses
of Virginia . . . . The governor dissolves the assembly . . . . The members form and
sign a non - importation association . . . . Measures generally taken against the ...
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The merchants , and other inhabitants of the neighbouring town of Marblehead ,
one of the places to be benefited by diverting from the capital the trade of the
province , generously offered to the importers of Boston the free use of their
stores ...
The merchants , and other inhabitants of the neighbouring town of Marblehead ,
one of the places to be benefited by diverting from the capital the trade of the
province , generously offered to the importers of Boston the free use of their
stores ...
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The expulsion of the British army from Boston 1775 . had been long since
anticipated by many , and there were not wanting those , who endeavoured to
spread discontent by insinuating that he was desirous of prolonging the war , in
order to ...
The expulsion of the British army from Boston 1775 . had been long since
anticipated by many , and there were not wanting those , who endeavoured to
spread discontent by insinuating that he was desirous of prolonging the war , in
order to ...
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IV . in Boston must have been entirely destroyed . 1776 . Of its success general
Washington entertained the most sanguine hopes , and very greatly regretted the
storm which defeated the proposed attack on the heights of Dorchester , and ...
IV . in Boston must have been entirely destroyed . 1776 . Of its success general
Washington entertained the most sanguine hopes , and very greatly regretted the
storm which defeated the proposed attack on the heights of Dorchester , and ...
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Resolved , by the Jords spiritual and temporal in par . liament assembled , that ,
in these circumstances of the province of the Massachussetts Bay , and of the
town of Boston , the preservation of the public peace , and the due execution of
the ...
Resolved , by the Jords spiritual and temporal in par . liament assembled , that ,
in these circumstances of the province of the Massachussetts Bay , and of the
town of Boston , the preservation of the public peace , and the due execution of
the ...
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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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