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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... endeavour , by all persuasive means , to restore the public peace . Parliament was opened by a speech from the 1766 . throne , in which his majesty declared his January 14 . firm confidence in their wisdom and zeal , which would , he ...
... endeavour , by all persuasive means , to restore the public peace . Parliament was opened by a speech from the 1766 . throne , in which his majesty declared his January 14 . firm confidence in their wisdom and zeal , which would , he ...
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... endeavour to deceive yourselves and us ? you know that it is not this place only which disputes your right , but every part . They tell you that you have no right from one end of the continent to the other . My sentiments of this matter ...
... endeavour to deceive yourselves and us ? you know that it is not this place only which disputes your right , but every part . They tell you that you have no right from one end of the continent to the other . My sentiments of this matter ...
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... endeavour to support and maintain . " After re - stating in a very affecting manner the most essential grievances of which they complain , and professing that their future con- duct , if their apprehensions should be removed , would ...
... endeavour to support and maintain . " After re - stating in a very affecting manner the most essential grievances of which they complain , and professing that their future con- duct , if their apprehensions should be removed , would ...
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... endeavour to save their town . He offered to wait for further orders from his admiral , provided they would deliver up all their arms of every sort , with all their ammunition , and four of their citizens as hostages . Falmouth burnt ...
... endeavour to save their town . He offered to wait for further orders from his admiral , provided they would deliver up all their arms of every sort , with all their ammunition , and four of their citizens as hostages . Falmouth burnt ...
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... himself into it , and endeavour to defend it . In the mean time , the winds for several nights continued so high as to ren- der the passage of the river in the canoes col- 1775 . lected from the people of the country , 318 THE LIFE OF.
... himself into it , and endeavour to defend it . In the mean time , the winds for several nights continued so high as to ren- der the passage of the river in the canoes col- 1775 . lected from the people of the country , 318 THE LIFE OF.
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