The Writings of George Washington: Life of WashingtonAmerican Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1837 - Presidents |
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... Camp during the Revolution 415 VII . Governors or Chief Magistrates of the several Colonies and States during the Public Life of Washington 416 • VIII . Members of Congress before the Adoption of the Consti- tution 420 · IX . Members of ...
... Camp during the Revolution 415 VII . Governors or Chief Magistrates of the several Colonies and States during the Public Life of Washington 416 • VIII . Members of Congress before the Adoption of the Consti- tution 420 · IX . Members of ...
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... , delivered his presents , stayed a few days with them , and then returned . He brought back va- rious reports concerning the French , narrated to him by the Indians , who had been in their camp 20 [ 1753 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... , delivered his presents , stayed a few days with them , and then returned . He brought back va- rious reports concerning the French , narrated to him by the Indians , who had been in their camp 20 [ 1753 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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George Washington, Jared Sparks. by the Indians , who had been in their camp at Lake Erie , and who magnified their strength and formidable appearance , telling him that they took every English- man prisoner , whom they found beyond the ...
George Washington, Jared Sparks. by the Indians , who had been in their camp at Lake Erie , and who magnified their strength and formidable appearance , telling him that they took every English- man prisoner , whom they found beyond the ...
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... camp was alarmed in the night , the sentries fired , and all hands were kept under arms till morning . Mr. Gist came to the camp , also , and reported that a French detachment , consisting of fifty men , had been at his settlement the ...
... camp was alarmed in the night , the sentries fired , and all hands were kept under arms till morning . Mr. Gist came to the camp , also , and reported that a French detachment , consisting of fifty men , had been at his settlement the ...
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... camp , stating that he had seen the tracks of two Frenchmen , and that the whole detachment was near that place . Colonel Washington immediately put him- self at the head of forty men , leaving the rest to guard the camp , and set off ...
... camp , stating that he had seen the tracks of two Frenchmen , and that the whole detachment was near that place . Colonel Washington immediately put him- self at the head of forty men , leaving the rest to guard the camp , and set off ...
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