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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... miles , there to cross the Aleghany . As I got down before the canoe , I spent some time in view- ing the rivers and the land in the Fork , which I think extremely well situated for a fort , as it has the absolute command of both rivers ...
... miles , there to cross the Aleghany . As I got down before the canoe , I spent some time in view- ing the rivers and the land in the Fork , which I think extremely well situated for a fort , as it has the absolute command of both rivers ...
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... mile in length , and then descending gradually on the land - side , will render it difficult and very expensive to make ... miles off ) and informed him by John Davidson , my Indian interpreter , that I was sent a messenger to the French ...
... mile in length , and then descending gradually on the land - side , will render it difficult and very expensive to make ... miles off ) and informed him by John Davidson , my Indian interpreter , that I was sent a messenger to the French ...
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... miles from Willis's Creek ; Shanapins , or the Forks , N. by W. or N. N. W. about fifty miles from that , and from thence to the Loggs Town , the course is nearly west , about eighteen or twenty miles ; so that the whole distance which ...
... miles from Willis's Creek ; Shanapins , or the Forks , N. by W. or N. N. W. about fifty miles from that , and from thence to the Loggs Town , the course is nearly west , about eighteen or twenty miles ; so that the whole distance which ...
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... miles asunder , and a large waggon - road between . They are both built after the same model , but different in size : that on the lake the largest . He gave me a plan of them of his own drawing . The Indians inquired very particularly ...
... miles asunder , and a large waggon - road between . They are both built after the same model , but different in size : that on the lake the largest . He gave me a plan of them of his own drawing . The Indians inquired very particularly ...
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... miles from the Loggs - Town , but more than seventy the way we were obliged to go . We found the French colours hoisted at a house from which they had driven Mr. John Frazier , an English subject . I immediately repaired to it , to know ...
... miles from the Loggs - Town , but more than seventy the way we were obliged to go . We found the French colours hoisted at a house from which they had driven Mr. John Frazier , an English subject . I immediately repaired to it , to know ...
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