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 Hon. 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, Band 4Richard Phillips, 1805 |
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... Virginia by General Mathews . CHAPTER III . Discontents in a part of the American army . Letter from General Washington on this subject . Colonel Van Schaick surprises and destroys one of the Indian settlements . Expedition under ...
... Virginia by General Mathews . CHAPTER III . Discontents in a part of the American army . Letter from General Washington on this subject . Colonel Van Schaick surprises and destroys one of the Indian settlements . Expedition under ...
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... Virginia . CHAPTER IX . Page - 374 Virginia invaded by Arnold . He destroys valuable stores at Richmond . Retires to Portsmouth . Mu- tiny in the Pennsylvania line . Sir Henry Clinton attempts to negotiate with the mutineers . They ...
... Virginia . CHAPTER IX . Page - 374 Virginia invaded by Arnold . He destroys valuable stores at Richmond . Retires to Portsmouth . Mu- tiny in the Pennsylvania line . Sir Henry Clinton attempts to negotiate with the mutineers . They ...
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... Virginia . Lord Cornwallis retires to Hillsborough . Greene recrosses the Dann . Party of loyalists commanded by Colonel Pyle cut to pieces . Battle of Guilford . Lord Corn- wallis retires to Ramsay's Mills , and afterwards to ...
... Virginia . Lord Cornwallis retires to Hillsborough . Greene recrosses the Dann . Party of loyalists commanded by Colonel Pyle cut to pieces . Battle of Guilford . Lord Corn- wallis retires to Ramsay's Mills , and afterwards to ...
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... Virginia and Pennsylvania , respecting ter- ritory , rendered it necessary that some more impartial person than a citizen of either state should command at that station . enterprise , enterprise , and the sooner to reduce the hostile ...
... Virginia and Pennsylvania , respecting ter- ritory , rendered it necessary that some more impartial person than a citizen of either state should command at that station . enterprise , enterprise , and the sooner to reduce the hostile ...
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... Virginia . The western militia of that state had made some successful in- cursions into the country north - west of the Ohio , and had taken some British posts on the Missis- sippi . These , by an act of the legislature , were erected ...
... Virginia . The western militia of that state had made some successful in- cursions into the country north - west of the Ohio , and had taken some British posts on the Missis- sippi . These , by an act of the legislature , were erected ...
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