Maligned General: The Biography of Thomas Sidney Jesup |
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... believed , would unify the country , dispelling the opposition to the war voiced in some states . The twenty - four - year - old Jesup had maintained that Britain's North American fisheries constituted " the principal pillar of British ...
... believed , would unify the country , dispelling the opposition to the war voiced in some states . The twenty - four - year - old Jesup had maintained that Britain's North American fisheries constituted " the principal pillar of British ...
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... believed the task of preparing estimates of clothing needs might more properly be taken under the secretary's supervision.10 Cass concurred , and the function was transferred to the Clothing Bureau . Jesup assumed still another ...
... believed the task of preparing estimates of clothing needs might more properly be taken under the secretary's supervision.10 Cass concurred , and the function was transferred to the Clothing Bureau . Jesup assumed still another ...
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... believed the Great Spirit had so ordered , that he should leave the land of his fathers , and he submitted cheerfully . " Although Jesup believed the war was at an end , he warned that any interference in his operations by white ...
... believed the Great Spirit had so ordered , that he should leave the land of his fathers , and he submitted cheerfully . " Although Jesup believed the war was at an end , he warned that any interference in his operations by white ...
Contents
Glory on the Battlefield | 26 |
An Officer of Repute | 42 |
Birth of a Supply Bureau | 67 |
Copyright | |
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