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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... council , to raise a regiment for that purpose , to consist of three hundred men . The command of this regiment was given to a mr . Fry , a gentleman supposed to be well acquainted with Appointed the western country , and major ...
... council , to raise a regiment for that purpose , to consist of three hundred men . The command of this regiment was given to a mr . Fry , a gentleman supposed to be well acquainted with Appointed the western country , and major ...
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... council of war was called , and the officers unanimously advised that they should retire to the fort at the Great Meadows , where the two roads united , and the country would not easily admit the pas- 1754 . sage of an enemy without ...
... council of war was called , and the officers unanimously advised that they should retire to the fort at the Great Meadows , where the two roads united , and the country would not easily admit the pas- 1754 . sage of an enemy without ...
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... council , immediately to march over the Alleghany mountains , either to dispossess the French of their fort , or to build one in some proper place in the country . With as little The little army in Virginia , which was placed under the ...
... council , immediately to march over the Alleghany mountains , either to dispossess the French of their fort , or to build one in some proper place in the country . With as little The little army in Virginia , which was placed under the ...
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... , accorded well with the temper of the commander in chief , and it was deter- mined in a council held at the Little Meadows , that twelve hundred men selected from the different corps , to be commanded by general CHAP . 16 THE LIFE OF.
... , accorded well with the temper of the commander in chief , and it was deter- mined in a council held at the Little Meadows , that twelve hundred men selected from the different corps , to be commanded by general CHAP . 16 THE LIFE OF.
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... council of war was called to determine , whether he should , at the head of this small body , march to some of the nearest forts , and uniting with their petty garrisons , risk an action with the enemy ; or wait until the militia could ...
... council of war was called to determine , whether he should , at the head of this small body , march to some of the nearest forts , and uniting with their petty garrisons , risk an action with the enemy ; or wait until the militia could ...
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