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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... execution of the act con- cerning duties .... Ferment excited in America .... The tea is thrown into the sea at Boston .... Measures of parlia- ment .... General enthusiasm in America .... A general congress is proposed .... General ...
... execution of the act con- cerning duties .... Ferment excited in America .... The tea is thrown into the sea at Boston .... Measures of parlia- ment .... General enthusiasm in America .... A general congress is proposed .... General ...
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... execute them . The assembly , however , having risen in a few days , without making any provision whatever for the further prosecution of the war , this wild expedition was for the present relinquished . • After the season for action ...
... execute them . The assembly , however , having risen in a few days , without making any provision whatever for the further prosecution of the war , this wild expedition was for the present relinquished . • After the season for action ...
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... , below the Blue Ridge , to order their militia immediately to Winchester ; but before these orders could be executed , the party which had done so much CHAP . I. mischief , and excited such alarm , GEORGE WASHINGTON . 23.
... , below the Blue Ridge , to order their militia immediately to Winchester ; but before these orders could be executed , the party which had done so much CHAP . I. mischief , and excited such alarm , GEORGE WASHINGTON . 23.
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... execution required two thousand men . These were to be distributed in twenty - two forts , extending from the river Mayo to the Potow- mack , in a line of three hundred and sixty miles . In a letter written about the same time to the ...
... execution required two thousand men . These were to be distributed in twenty - two forts , extending from the river Mayo to the Potow- mack , in a line of three hundred and sixty miles . In a letter written about the same time to the ...
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... executed without considerable hazard and in- convenience . He could not always restrain his chagrin on such occasions , and on one of them , he observed in a letter to an intimate friend , and a very influential character , " whence it ...
... executed without considerable hazard and in- convenience . He could not always restrain his chagrin on such occasions , and on one of them , he observed in a letter to an intimate friend , and a very influential character , " whence it ...
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