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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... expected to protect the country , to make himself more perfectly ac- quainted with it , as well as with the situations and designs of the enemy ; and to preserve the friendship of the savages . Immediately after his arrival at that ...
... expected to protect the country , to make himself more perfectly ac- quainted with it , as well as with the situations and designs of the enemy ; and to preserve the friendship of the savages . Immediately after his arrival at that ...
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... expected . The troops had been without bread for six days , and had but a very small supply of meat . The enemy could approach within five miles of their position by water , and might either pass them by a road leading through the ...
... expected . The troops had been without bread for six days , and had but a very small supply of meat . The enemy could approach within five miles of their position by water , and might either pass them by a road leading through the ...
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... expected from North Carolina and Maryland having arrived , governor Dinwiddie , without attending to the condition or number of the forces , ordered them , on the advice of council , immediately to march over the Alleghany mountains ...
... expected from North Carolina and Maryland having arrived , governor Dinwiddie , without attending to the condition or number of the forces , ordered them , on the advice of council , immediately to march over the Alleghany mountains ...
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... expected , still 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 ...
... expected , still 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 ...
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... expected re - enforcements ; that during the present excessive drought , those re - en- forcements could not arrive with the necessary quantity of provisions , and other supplies , be- cause the river La Bœuf , on which they must ...
... expected re - enforcements ; that during the present excessive drought , those re - en- forcements could not arrive with the necessary quantity of provisions , and other supplies , be- cause the river La Bœuf , on which they must ...
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