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, Volume 3C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Generals |
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... COMMENCEMENT OF THAT WAR WHICH TERMINATED IN THEIR INDEPENDENCE . BY JOHN MARSHALL . VOL . III . PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY O. P. WAYNE . DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA , TO WIT . ***** SEAL . 1804 . THE CHAPTER.
... COMMENCEMENT OF THAT WAR WHICH TERMINATED IN THEIR INDEPENDENCE . BY JOHN MARSHALL . VOL . III . PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY O. P. WAYNE . DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA , TO WIT . ***** SEAL . 1804 . THE CHAPTER.
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... commencement of that war which " terminated in their Independence . By JOHN MARSHALL . " In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States entituled “ An act for the encouragement of learning , by securing the copies of maps ...
... commencement of that war which " terminated in their Independence . By JOHN MARSHALL . " In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States entituled “ An act for the encouragement of learning , by securing the copies of maps ...
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... the American army to Middlebrook , but is dis- appointed .... Lord Cornwallis skirmishes near the Scotch Plains with lord Stirling .... The British army embark . CHAPTER III . General Washington commences his march to the.
... the American army to Middlebrook , but is dis- appointed .... Lord Cornwallis skirmishes near the Scotch Plains with lord Stirling .... The British army embark . CHAPTER III . General Washington commences his march to the.
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... commences his march to the Dela- ware .... He takes measures for checking Burgoyne .... Expedition of general Sullivan against Staten island .... British fleet come up the Chesapeak and land an army under sir William Howe at Elk river ...
... commences his march to the Dela- ware .... He takes measures for checking Burgoyne .... Expedition of general Sullivan against Staten island .... British fleet come up the Chesapeak and land an army under sir William Howe at Elk river ...
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... commenced . General Schuyler on his part was not unem- ployed . He used all the means in his power , so to strengthen his little fleet , as to maintain a superiority over the enemy on the lakes . In this effort the commander in chief ...
... commenced . General Schuyler on his part was not unem- ployed . He used all the means in his power , so to strengthen his little fleet , as to maintain a superiority over the enemy on the lakes . In this effort the commander in chief ...
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