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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... assembly , and speedy assistance sent from below ; the poor inhabitants now in forts must unavoidably fall , while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe . In fine , the melancholy situation of the people , the little ...
... assembly , and speedy assistance sent from below ; the poor inhabitants now in forts must unavoidably fall , while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe . In fine , the melancholy situation of the people , the little ...
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... assembly determined to augment the regiment to fifteen hundred men , by adding to the number of privates in each company : and as it had become apparently impracticable to complete it by voluntary enlistment , orders were given to draft ...
... assembly determined to augment the regiment to fifteen hundred men , by adding to the number of privates in each company : and as it had become apparently impracticable to complete it by voluntary enlistment , orders were given to draft ...
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... assembly requested the governor , to order out half the militia of the adjoining counties to their relief : and the attorney general , ( mr . Peyton Randolph ) formed a company of one hundred gentlemen , who engaged as volunteers to ...
... assembly requested the governor , to order out half the militia of the adjoining counties to their relief : and the attorney general , ( mr . Peyton Randolph ) formed a company of one hundred gentlemen , who engaged as volunteers to ...
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... assembly , were at length so 1756. far successful , that the laws for the government of its forces were rendered rather more efficient . Instead of adopting in the first instance , that military code which experience had matured ...
... assembly , were at length so 1756. far successful , that the laws for the government of its forces were rendered rather more efficient . Instead of adopting in the first instance , that military code which experience had matured ...
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... assembly . Only eight pence per day was allowed to the soldiers , out of which two pence were stopped for their cloaths . This pay was inferior to what was allowed on every other part of the continent ; and as ought to have been ...
... assembly . Only eight pence per day was allowed to the soldiers , out of which two pence were stopped for their cloaths . This pay was inferior to what was allowed on every other part of the continent ; and as ought to have been ...
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