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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Page 22
... lieutenant governor , the future plan of operations ; and to impress , as well on him , as on the leading men of the colony , the vast importance of devising proper means to retain the few Indians , not yet detached from the interest of ...
... lieutenant governor , the future plan of operations ; and to impress , as well on him , as on the leading men of the colony , the vast importance of devising proper means to retain the few Indians , not yet detached from the interest of ...
Page 23
... lieutenants , below the Blue Ridge , to order their militia immediately to Winchester ; but before these orders could be executed , the party which had done so much CHAP . I. mischief , and excited such alarm , GEORGE WASHINGTON . 23.
... lieutenants , below the Blue Ridge , to order their militia immediately to Winchester ; but before these orders could be executed , the party which had done so much CHAP . I. mischief , and excited such alarm , GEORGE WASHINGTON . 23.
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... lieutenant governor , " I know their danger , and participate their sufferings , without having it in my power to give them further relief than uncertain promises . In short , I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light , that ...
... lieutenant governor , " I know their danger , and participate their sufferings , without having it in my power to give them further relief than uncertain promises . In short , I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light , that ...
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... lieutenant governor . “ The inhabitants are so sensible of their danger if left to the protection of these people , that not a man will stay at his place . This I have from their own mouths , and the principal inhabitants of Augusta ...
... lieutenant governor . “ The inhabitants are so sensible of their danger if left to the protection of these people , that not a man will stay at his place . This I have from their own mouths , and the principal inhabitants of Augusta ...
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... lieutenant governor a statement of the situation in which he found the country , which ought not to be omitted . " From fort Trial , " said he , " on Smith's river , I returned to fort William on the Catawba , where I met colonel ...
... lieutenant governor a statement of the situation in which he found the country , which ought not to be omitted . " From fort Trial , " said he , " on Smith's river , I returned to fort William on the Catawba , where I met colonel ...
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