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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... situations and designs of the enemy ; and to preserve the friendship of the savages . Immediately after his arrival ... situation , as if to secure concealment . The Indians offering themselves as guides , colonel Washington set out in ...
... situations and designs of the enemy ; and to preserve the friendship of the savages . Immediately after his arrival ... situation , as if to secure concealment . The Indians offering themselves as guides , colonel Washington set out in ...
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... situation , a council of war was called , and the officers unanimously advised that they should retire to the fort at the Great Meadows , where the two roads united , and the country would not easily admit the pas- 1754 . sage of an ...
... situation , a council of war was called , and the officers unanimously advised that they should retire to the fort at the Great Meadows , where the two roads united , and the country would not easily admit the pas- 1754 . sage of an ...
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... situation of colonel Washington , and the medicines which had been administered to him , rendered it indispensable for him to stop . The physician declared that his life would be endangered by continuing with the army , VOL . II . D ...
... situation of colonel Washington , and the medicines which had been administered to him , rendered it indispensable for him to stop . The physician declared that his life would be endangered by continuing with the army , VOL . II . D ...
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... situation exposed him to every danger . Nothing but the super- intending care of Providence could have saved him from the fate of all around him . " death of that At length , after an action of near three hours Defeat and general ...
... situation exposed him to every danger . Nothing but the super- intending care of Providence could have saved him from the fate of all around him . " death of that At length , after an action of near three hours Defeat and general ...
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... situation , than the general danger , they could not be prevailed on to leave their families . The back inhabitants , instead of assembling in arms , and obtaining safety by meeting the enemy , fled into the lower coun- try , and ...
... situation , than the general danger , they could not be prevailed on to leave their families . The back inhabitants , instead of assembling in arms , and obtaining safety by meeting the enemy , fled into the lower coun- try , and ...
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