The Writings of George Washington: Life of WashingtonAmerican Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1837 - Presidents |
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... followed by another , of a different tenor , which prevented her departure . Finding no essential relief , he came home in the summer , and sank rapidly into his grave , at the age of thirty - four , leaving a wife , an infant daughter ...
... followed by another , of a different tenor , which prevented her departure . Finding no essential relief , he came home in the summer , and sank rapidly into his grave , at the age of thirty - four , leaving a wife , an infant daughter ...
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... followed him , and listened , until he was fairly out of the way ; and then we went about half a mile , when we made a fire , set our com- pass , fixed our course , and travelled all night . In the morning we were on the head of Piny ...
... followed him , and listened , until he was fairly out of the way ; and then we went about half a mile , when we made a fire , set our com- pass , fixed our course , and travelled all night . In the morning we were on the head of Piny ...
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... followed . The French enlarged and completed the fort , which they called Fort Duquesne , in compliment to the governor of Canada . To the little army under Colonel Washington , as yet amounting to no more than three small companies ...
... followed . The French enlarged and completed the fort , which they called Fort Duquesne , in compliment to the governor of Canada . To the little army under Colonel Washington , as yet amounting to no more than three small companies ...
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... followed in divisions by different routes , and all assembled at Will's Creek . Here the general was disappointed , vexed , and thrown into par- oxysms of ill humor , at not finding in readiness the horses and wagons , which had been ...
... followed in divisions by different routes , and all assembled at Will's Creek . Here the general was disappointed , vexed , and thrown into par- oxysms of ill humor , at not finding in readiness the horses and wagons , which had been ...
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... with wood . " By the order of march , a body of three hundred men , under Colonel Gage , made the advanced party , VOL . I. 9 * F which was immediately followed by another of two hundred . ĘT . 23. ] 65 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... with wood . " By the order of march , a body of three hundred men , under Colonel Gage , made the advanced party , VOL . I. 9 * F which was immediately followed by another of two hundred . ĘT . 23. ] 65 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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