The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... actual service , at nineteen he was appointed one of the adjutant generals of Virginia , with the rank of major ; from the execution of the duties of this commission , honourable to his age , he was soon 2 [ 1747 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... actual service , at nineteen he was appointed one of the adjutant generals of Virginia , with the rank of major ; from the execution of the duties of this commission , honourable to his age , he was soon 2 [ 1747 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... soon called to higher employments . France at this period unfolded her ambitious design of connecting Canada with Louisiana , and in this way of enclosing the British colonies in North America . Her officers were directed to establish a ...
... soon called to higher employments . France at this period unfolded her ambitious design of connecting Canada with Louisiana , and in this way of enclosing the British colonies in North America . Her officers were directed to establish a ...
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... soon after erected Fort du Quesne , which , when the British General Forbes gained the possession , he called Fort Pitt . In this place he spent a few days to conciliate the affections of the Indians of the vicinity . Some of their ...
... soon after erected Fort du Quesne , which , when the British General Forbes gained the possession , he called Fort Pitt . In this place he spent a few days to conciliate the affections of the Indians of the vicinity . Some of their ...
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... soon after the event , made it fully to appear that he did not understand the import of the word ; but during his presidency , an enemy had the audacity to call him , upon the strength of this capitulation , an assassin . * The killed ...
... soon after the event , made it fully to appear that he did not understand the import of the word ; but during his presidency , an enemy had the audacity to call him , upon the strength of this capitulation , an assassin . * The killed ...
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... soon rose , without providing effectual , means for active service , and the troops did not march . During the succeeding winter , regulations from the war office were published in America , which provided that general and field ...
... soon rose , without providing effectual , means for active service , and the troops did not march . During the succeeding winter , regulations from the war office were published in America , which provided that general and field ...
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