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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... expected to have met the same number of men from the forts on this side of Lake Erie to convoy them and the stores up , who were not arrived when they ran off . I inquired into the situation of the French on the Mississipi , their ...
... expected to have met the same number of men from the forts on this side of Lake Erie to convoy them and the stores up , who were not arrived when they ran off . I inquired into the situation of the French on the Mississipi , their ...
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... expected to protect the country , to make against the English ; and desired them to repeat it over again : but this they postponed doing till they met in full council with the Shanoah and Delaware chiefs . 27th . Runners were dispatched ...
... expected to protect the country , to make against the English ; and desired them to repeat it over again : but this they postponed doing till they met in full council with the Shanoah and Delaware chiefs . 27th . Runners were dispatched ...
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... he desired me to keep , until the arrival of Monsieur Reparti , captain at the next fort , who was sent for , and expected every hour . c 2 This Aleghany and Monongahela Rivers ; and that a detachment from GENERAL WASHINGTON . 19.
... he desired me to keep , until the arrival of Monsieur Reparti , captain at the next fort , who was sent for , and expected every hour . c 2 This Aleghany and Monongahela Rivers ; and that a detachment from GENERAL WASHINGTON . 19.
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... 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 above , for it was driving in vast quantities . " There was no way for getting over but on a raft ...
... 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 above , for it was driving in vast quantities . " There was no way for getting over but on a raft ...
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... expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish . I put out my setting - pole to try to stop the raft , that the ice might pass by ; when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence against the pole , that ...
... expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish . I put out my setting - pole to try to stop the raft , that the ice might pass by ; when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence against the pole , that ...
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