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 Honourable 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, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Band 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... continued privately to consult colonel Washington respecting the measures it would now be most proper to pursue . Re- taining his first impressions on the manner of conducting the march , he strenuously urged the general to leave his ...
... continued privately to consult colonel Washington respecting the measures it would now be most proper to pursue . Re- taining his first impressions on the manner of conducting the march , he strenuously urged the general to leave his ...
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... continued incursions were made , and murders committed ; and there too , the principal defence of the country was intrusted to an ill regulated militia . The fatal conse- quences of this system are thus stated by him in a letter to the ...
... continued incursions were made , and murders committed ; and there too , the principal defence of the country was intrusted to an ill regulated militia . The fatal conse- quences of this system are thus stated by him in a letter to the ...
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... continued only one month on duty , half of which time is lost in marching out and returning . Those from the adjacent counties especially , must be on duty some time before they reach their stations . By these means , double sets of men ...
... continued only one month on duty , half of which time is lost in marching out and returning . Those from the adjacent counties especially , must be on duty some time before they reach their stations . By these means , double sets of men ...
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... continued scene of action since we first entered the service , our troops have been engaged in upwards of twenty skirmishes , and we have had near one hundred men killed and wounded . ” After condemning the ill judged economy shown in ...
... continued scene of action since we first entered the service , our troops have been engaged in upwards of twenty skirmishes , and we have had near one hundred men killed and wounded . ” After condemning the ill judged economy shown in ...
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... continued indefatigable in his endeavours to impress on mr . Dinwiddie , and on the assembly , the importance of reviving and properly modifying their military code , which had now expired , of making a more efficient militia law , and ...
... continued indefatigable in his endeavours to impress on mr . Dinwiddie , and on the assembly , the importance of reviving and properly modifying their military code , which had now expired , of making a more efficient militia law , and ...
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