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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... determine , whether he should , at the head of this small body , march to some of the nearest forts , and uniting with ... determined to augment the regiment to fifteen hundred men , by adding to the number of privates in each company ...
... determine , whether he should , at the head of this small body , march to some of the nearest forts , and uniting with ... determined to augment the regiment to fifteen hundred men , by adding to the number of privates in each company ...
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... the truth is yet hid from you , and you entertain notions very different from the reality of the case . However , I am determined to bear up VOL . II . G 41 CHAP . I. under all these embarrassments , some time GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... the truth is yet hid from you , and you entertain notions very different from the reality of the case . However , I am determined to bear up VOL . II . G 41 CHAP . I. under all these embarrassments , some time GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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... determined to direct all his efforts against the enemy in the northern parts of the continent , and to leave in aid of the middle and southern colonies only twelve hundred men . Instead of receiving assistance , Virginia was required to ...
... determined to direct all his efforts against the enemy in the northern parts of the continent , and to leave in aid of the middle and southern colonies only twelve hundred men . Instead of receiving assistance , Virginia was required to ...
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... determination of all the settlers of this country . ' In a letter to the speaker of the assembly , gave the same opinion , and added , " I do not know on whom these miserable undone people are to rely for protection . If the assem- bly ...
... determination of all the settlers of this country . ' In a letter to the speaker of the assembly , gave the same opinion , and added , " I do not know on whom these miserable undone people are to rely for protection . If the assem- bly ...
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... determination of the inhabitants to leave the country unless more efficiently protected , added , " to give a more succinct account of their affairs than I could in writing was the principal , among many other reasons , that induced me ...
... determination of the inhabitants to leave the country unless more efficiently protected , added , " to give a more succinct account of their affairs than I could in writing was the principal , among many other reasons , that induced me ...
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