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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... subjects of extreme chagrin to the commander of the Virginia troops , was the practice of desertion . It had become very pre- valent , and was in a considerable degree ascribed to the too great , and ill judged parsimony of the assembly ...
... subjects of extreme chagrin to the commander of the Virginia troops , was the practice of desertion . It had become very pre- valent , and was in a considerable degree ascribed to the too great , and ill judged parsimony of the assembly ...
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... subject , he had the mortification to witness a measure which completely crushed his hopes of an efficient regular force . Being unable to com- plete the regiment according to its late estab- lishment by voluntary enlistment , the ...
... subject , he had the mortification to witness a measure which completely crushed his hopes of an efficient regular force . Being unable to com- plete the regiment according to its late estab- lishment by voluntary enlistment , the ...
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... subjects . The degree of authority which might right- supremacy of fully be exercised by the mother country over and ... subject . In New England , originally settled by repub- licans , and during the depression of the regal government ...
... subjects . The degree of authority which might right- supremacy of fully be exercised by the mother country over and ... subject . In New England , originally settled by repub- licans , and during the depression of the regal government ...
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... subjects of the British crown , but not of the nation ; and were bound by no laws , to which their repre- sentatives had not assented . From this high ground they had been compelled reluctantly to recede . The judges being generally ...
... subjects of the British crown , but not of the nation ; and were bound by no laws , to which their repre- sentatives had not assented . From this high ground they had been compelled reluctantly to recede . The judges being generally ...
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... subject , which means were used to ascertain ; .... the impolicy of irritating them at a crisis which required all the exer- tions they were capable of making ; furnished motives sufficient to induce a suspension , for the present , of ...
... subject , which means were used to ascertain ; .... the impolicy of irritating them at a crisis which required all the exer- tions they were capable of making ; furnished motives sufficient to induce a suspension , for the present , of ...
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