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. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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... York island , except fort Washington .... Both armies move towards the White Plains .... Battle of the White Plains .... The British army returns to King's bridge , and gene- ral Washington with a part of his army crosses the North ...
... York island , except fort Washington .... Both armies move towards the White Plains .... Battle of the White Plains .... The British army returns to King's bridge , and gene- ral Washington with a part of his army crosses the North ...
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... York , making in the whole , ( for the Virginia regiment was not complete ) somewhat less than four hundred effective men . The regular captains objected to being commanded by a provincial officer , but , under existing circumstances ...
... York , making in the whole , ( for the Virginia regiment was not complete ) somewhat less than four hundred effective men . The regular captains objected to being commanded by a provincial officer , but , under existing circumstances ...
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... York .... Violence in the great towns .... Change of the administration .... Stamp act repealed .... Opposition to the mutiny act .... Act imposing duties on tea , & c . resisted in America .... The assembly of Mas- sachussetts address ...
... York .... Violence in the great towns .... Change of the administration .... Stamp act repealed .... Opposition to the mutiny act .... Act imposing duties on tea , & c . resisted in America .... The assembly of Mas- sachussetts address ...
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... York , probably with a view only to the authority claimed by the governor , and not to that of the mother country , passed an act similar to that of Massachussetts , in which its own supremacy , not only in matters of taxation , but of ...
... York , probably with a view only to the authority claimed by the governor , and not to that of the mother country , passed an act similar to that of Massachussetts , in which its own supremacy , not only in matters of taxation , but of ...
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... York the first tuesday in October , to consult together on the present circumstances of the colonies , and the difficulties to which they are , and must be reduced by the operation of the acts of parliament , for levying taxes on them ...
... York the first tuesday in October , to consult together on the present circumstances of the colonies , and the difficulties to which they are , and must be reduced by the operation of the acts of parliament , for levying taxes on them ...
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