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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... possible dispatch to visit and deliver a letter to the French commandant of very great importance to your brothers , the English ; and I dare say to you , their friends and allies . " I was desired , brothers , by your brother , the ...
... possible dispatch to visit and deliver a letter to the French commandant of very great importance to your brothers , the English ; and I dare say to you , their friends and allies . " I was desired , brothers , by your brother , the ...
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... possible dispatch , and waiting here was very contrary to my inclination , I thanked him in the most suitable manner I could , and told him that my business required the greatest expedition , and would not admit of that delay . He was ...
... possible dispatch , and waiting here was very contrary to my inclination , I thanked him in the most suitable manner I could , and told him that my business required the greatest expedition , and would not admit of that delay . He was ...
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... possible means to draw them over to his interest ; there- fore I was desirous of giving him no opportunity that could be avoided . When they came in , there was great pleasure expressed at seeing them . He wondered how they could be so ...
... possible means to draw them over to his interest ; there- fore I was desirous of giving him no opportunity that could be avoided . When they came in , there was great pleasure expressed at seeing them . He wondered how they could be so ...
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... possible to conceive ; rendered so by excessive bad weather . From the first day of December to the fifteenth , there was but one day on which it did not rain or snow incessantly ; and throughout the whole journey we met with nothing ...
... possible to conceive ; rendered so by excessive bad weather . From the first day of December to the fifteenth , there was but one day on which it did not rain or snow incessantly ; and throughout the whole journey we met with nothing ...
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... possible to execute them . The assembly , however , having risen in a few days , without mak- ing any provision whatever for the further prose- cution of the war , this wild expedition was for the present relinquished . After the season ...
... possible to execute them . The assembly , however , having risen in a few days , without mak- ing any provision whatever for the further prose- cution of the war , this wild expedition was for the present relinquished . After the season ...
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