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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... river .... The lines of fort Washington carried by the enemy , and the garrison made prisoners .... Evacu- ation of fort Lee .... Weakness of the American army .... Ineffectual attempts to raise the militia .... General Wash- ington ...
... river .... The lines of fort Washington carried by the enemy , and the garrison made prisoners .... Evacu- ation of fort Lee .... Weakness of the American army .... Ineffectual attempts to raise the militia .... General Wash- ington ...
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... rivers , the place where fort du Quesne , now Fort Pitt , was afterwards erected by the French , as an advantageous and ... river ; and at the mouth of French creek , found the first fort occupied by the troops of France . Proceeding ...
... rivers , the place where fort du Quesne , now Fort Pitt , was afterwards erected by the French , as an advantageous and ... river ; and at the mouth of French creek , found the first fort occupied by the troops of France . Proceeding ...
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... river La Bœuf , on which they must necessarily be brought to Venango , did not then afford water enough to admit of their por- tage down it . By a rapid movement therefore , it was extremely probable , that the fort might be reached ...
... river La Bœuf , on which they must necessarily be brought to Venango , did not then afford water enough to admit of their por- tage down it . By a rapid movement therefore , it was extremely probable , that the fort might be reached ...
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... river , I returned to fort William on the Catawba , where I met colonel Buchanan with about thirty men , chiefly officers , to conduct me up Jackson's river along the range of forts . With this small company of irregulars , with whom ...
... river , I returned to fort William on the Catawba , where I met colonel Buchanan with about thirty men , chiefly officers , to conduct me up Jackson's river along the range of forts . With this small company of irregulars , with whom ...
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... 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 speaker of the assembly , he urged with great force the objections to a reliance on the militia , even if 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 speaker of the assembly , he urged with great force the objections to a reliance on the militia , even if the ...
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