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... Ships and Troops at Alexandria - Excitement of Washington - Invited to join the Staff of Braddock - A Mother's Objections - Washington at Alexandria - Grand Council of Governors- Military Arrangements - Colonel William Johnson - Sir ...
... Ships and Troops at Alexandria - Excitement of Washington - Invited to join the Staff of Braddock - A Mother's Objections - Washington at Alexandria - Grand Council of Governors- Military Arrangements - Colonel William Johnson - Sir ...
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... . Lord North's Bill favoring the Exportation of Teas - Ships freighted with Tea to the Colonies - Sent back from some of the Ports - Tea destroyed at Boston - Passage of CONTENTS . XV PAGE the Boston Port Bill - Session xiv CONTENTS .
... . Lord North's Bill favoring the Exportation of Teas - Ships freighted with Tea to the Colonies - Sent back from some of the Ports - Tea destroyed at Boston - Passage of CONTENTS . XV PAGE the Boston Port Bill - Session xiv CONTENTS .
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... ships to convey his troops and retinue , he had a sumptuous galley for himself , fitted up with a throne or episcopal chair of silver , and all the household , and even culinary , utensils , were of the same costly material . In a * The ...
... ships to convey his troops and retinue , he had a sumptuous galley for himself , fitted up with a throne or episcopal chair of silver , and all the household , and even culinary , utensils , were of the same costly material . In a * The ...
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... ships to aid them . Troops were em- barked in England for another campaign in the West Indies ; a regiment of four battalions was to be raised in the colonies and sent to join them at Jamaica . There was a sudden outbreak of military ...
... ships to aid them . Troops were em- barked in England for another campaign in the West Indies ; a regiment of four battalions was to be raised in the colonies and sent to join them at Jamaica . There was a sudden outbreak of military ...
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... ship too he already excelled , and was ready to back , and able to manage the most fiery steed . Traditional anecdotes remain of his achievements in this respect . Above all , his inherent probity and the principles of justice on which ...
... ship too he already excelled , and was ready to back , and able to manage the most fiery steed . Traditional anecdotes remain of his achievements in this respect . Above all , his inherent probity and the principles of justice on which ...
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advance affairs American appointed arms army arrived artillery Assembly attack Boston Braam Braddock British brother Bunker's Hill camp campaign Captain Colonel colonies command conduct Congress council Creek Croghan Crown Point Cumberland defence detachment Duquesne encamped enemy England English expedition fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne French frontier Gage garrison George George Croghan Gist Governor Dinwiddie half-king Hill honor horses House of Burgesses Hugh Mercer hundred Indians ington John king Lake Lake George land Lawrence letter Logstown Lord Fairfax Lord Loudoun Loudoun Massachusetts ment miles military militia Montcalm Mount Vernon mountains night officers Ohio orders Parliament party patriot Pennsylvania Potomac prisoners province received redoubt regiment retreat returned river road sachem savages scouts sent ships Sir William Johnson soldiers spirit thousand tion took town traders tribes troops Virginia waggons warriors Washington Wessyngton wilderness William Williamsburg Winchester wounded York
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Page 313 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 370 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 274 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave." " Now,gentlemen," said he, when he had finished, " I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Page 365 - Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me : Fight against them that fight against me.
Page 359 - County, were adopted, and Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton, were appointed delegates, to represent the people of Virginia in the General Congress.
Page 415 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Page 388 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Page 302 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Page 193 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 416 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.