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 Hon. 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, Volume 4Richard Phillips, 1805 - Presidents |
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... Sir Henry Clinton attempts to negotiate with the mutineers . They compromise with the civil authority . Mutiny in the Jersey line . Mission of Colonel Laurens to France . Propositions to Spain . Recommendations relative to a duty on ...
... Sir Henry Clinton attempts to negotiate with the mutineers . They compromise with the civil authority . Mutiny in the Jersey line . Mission of Colonel Laurens to France . Propositions to Spain . Recommendations relative to a duty on ...
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... Sir Henry Clinton invests Charlestown . Colonel Wash- ington defeats Tarleton . Opinion of General Wash- ington on the subject of defending Charlestown . Tarleton surprises and defeats an American corps at Monk's Corner . The garrison ...
... Sir Henry Clinton invests Charlestown . Colonel Wash- ington defeats Tarleton . Opinion of General Wash- ington on the subject of defending Charlestown . Tarleton surprises and defeats an American corps at Monk's Corner . The garrison ...
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... Sir Henry Clinton embarks for Newport . Washington marches against New York . Return of Clinton . Enterprise against New York relinquished . Naval superiority of the British . Plans for the campaign abandoned . CHAPTER VII . Treason and ...
... Sir Henry Clinton embarks for Newport . Washington marches against New York . Return of Clinton . Enterprise against New York relinquished . Naval superiority of the British . Plans for the campaign abandoned . CHAPTER VII . Treason and ...
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... Sir Henry Clinton , inclosing the acts themselves , to which Congress returned the following answer : 66 MY LORD , " I have had the honour to lay your Lordship's letter of May 27 , with the acts of the British parliament inclosed , be ...
... Sir Henry Clinton , inclosing the acts themselves , to which Congress returned the following answer : 66 MY LORD , " I have had the honour to lay your Lordship's letter of May 27 , with the acts of the British parliament inclosed , be ...
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... Sir Henry Clinton , inclosing the acts themselves , to which Congress returned the following answer : 66 MY LORD , " I have had the honour to lay your Lordship's letter of May 27 , with the acts of the British parliament inclosed , be ...
... Sir Henry Clinton , inclosing the acts themselves , to which Congress returned the following answer : 66 MY LORD , " I have had the honour to lay your Lordship's letter of May 27 , with the acts of the British parliament inclosed , be ...
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