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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... continued . Ge- neral Thomas takes command of the Army . The Blockade of Quebec is raised . General Sullivan takes the Command . " Canada evacuated . Battle of the Three Rivers . 370 СНАР- T CHAPTER VI . T Transactions in Virginia ...
... continued . Ge- neral Thomas takes command of the Army . The Blockade of Quebec is raised . General Sullivan takes the Command . " Canada evacuated . Battle of the Three Rivers . 370 СНАР- T CHAPTER VI . T Transactions in Virginia ...
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... continued series of bad weather . This is an old . Indian town , situated at the mouth of French Creek , on the Ohio , and lies near N. about sixty miles from the Loggs - Town , but more than seventy the way we were obliged to go . We ...
... continued series of bad weather . This is an old . Indian town , situated at the mouth of French Creek , on the Ohio , and lies near N. about sixty miles from the Loggs - Town , but more than seventy the way we were obliged to go . We ...
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... continued travel- ling till quite dark , and got to the river , about two miles above Shanna pins . We expected to have found the river frozen , but it was not , only about fifty yards from each shore : the ice I supposed had broken up ...
... continued travel- ling till quite dark , and got to the river , about two miles above Shanna pins . We expected to have found the river frozen , but it was not , only about fifty yards from each shore : the ice I supposed had broken up ...
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... continued series of cold wet weather , which oc- casioned very uncomfortable lodgings ; especially after we had quitted our tent , which was some screen from the inclemency of it . On the 11th I got to Belvour , where I stopped one day ...
... continued series of cold wet weather , which oc- casioned very uncomfortable lodgings ; especially after we had quitted our tent , which was some screen from the inclemency of it . On the 11th I got to Belvour , where I stopped one day ...
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... continued with great resolution from ten in the morning till dark , when Mons . de Villiers demanded a parley , and offered terms of capitulation . The proposals first made were rejected ; but in the course of the night articles were ...
... continued with great resolution from ten in the morning till dark , when Mons . de Villiers demanded a parley , and offered terms of capitulation . The proposals first made were rejected ; but in the course of the night articles were ...
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