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 Hon. 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, Band 2Richard Phillips, 1804 |
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... attacking Boston . Possession taken of the Heights of Dorchester . Boston evacuated . CHAPTER V. - Page - 298 ... Attack on that Place . Death of Montgomery Blockade of Quebec continued . Ge- neral Thomas takes command of the Army ...
... attacking Boston . Possession taken of the Heights of Dorchester . Boston evacuated . CHAPTER V. - Page - 298 ... Attack on that Place . Death of Montgomery Blockade of Quebec continued . Ge- neral Thomas takes command of the Army ...
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... attack the English , with a corps composed of eighteen hundred French ; and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated by the information already received from deserters who had come in a few days before , and had assured ...
... attack the English , with a corps composed of eighteen hundred French ; and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated by the information already received from deserters who had come in a few days before , and had assured ...
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... the interpreter , advantage of which has since been taken by the enemies of that gentleman , to imply an admission on his part , that the officer killed in the action preceding the attack on the fort killed 30 THE LIFE OF.
... the interpreter , advantage of which has since been taken by the enemies of that gentleman , to imply an admission on his part , that the officer killed in the action preceding the attack on the fort killed 30 THE LIFE OF.
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... attack on the fort was assassinated . An account of the transaction was published by M. de Villiers , which drew from Colonel Wash- ington a letter addressed to a friend , completely disproving a calumny , which , though entirely dis ...
... attack on the fort was assassinated . An account of the transaction was published by M. de Villiers , which drew from Colonel Wash- ington a letter addressed to a friend , completely disproving a calumny , which , though entirely dis ...
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... attack warmly , from ten in the morning till dark , and that he called first to parley ; which strongly indicates that we were not totally absorbed in fear . If the gentleman in his account had adhered to the truth , he must have ...
... attack warmly , from ten in the morning till dark , and that he called first to parley ; which strongly indicates that we were not totally absorbed in fear . If the gentleman in his account had adhered to the truth , he must have ...
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