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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... Island . Financial regulations . Committee of Congress deputed to camp . General Knyphausen enters Jersey . Sir Henry Clinton returns to New York . Skirmish at Springfield . La Fayette brings intelligence of aid from France . Exertions ...
... Island . Financial regulations . Committee of Congress deputed to camp . General Knyphausen enters Jersey . Sir Henry Clinton returns to New York . Skirmish at Springfield . La Fayette brings intelligence of aid from France . Exertions ...
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... Island . Plans of eventual operations . Sir Henry Clinton embarks for Newport . Washington marches against New York . Return of Clinton . Enterprise against New York relinquished . Naval superiority of the British . Plans for the ...
... Island . Plans of eventual operations . Sir Henry Clinton embarks for Newport . Washington marches against New York . Return of Clinton . Enterprise against New York relinquished . Naval superiority of the British . Plans for the ...
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... islands in the midst of sur- rounding ruin . " Some peculiar instances of barbarity have been related , in the details given of this expedition , at which human nature recoils . Parents were mur- dered by their children , and brothers ...
... islands in the midst of sur- rounding ruin . " Some peculiar instances of barbarity have been related , in the details given of this expedition , at which human nature recoils . Parents were mur- dered by their children , and brothers ...
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... islands of Cape Breton and Newfoundland . This plan was ma- tured about the time the Marquis de la Fayette ob- tained leave to return to his own country ; and was ordered to be transmitted by that nobleman to Doctor Franklin , the ...
... islands of Cape Breton and Newfoundland . This plan was ma- tured about the time the Marquis de la Fayette ob- tained leave to return to his own country ; and was ordered to be transmitted by that nobleman to Doctor Franklin , the ...
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... island in 1776 , no serious de- sign had yet been manifested to make an impres- sion on the southern and western parts of the union . The war had been commenced in the north , which was deemed the cradle of opposition , in the hope that ...
... island in 1776 , no serious de- sign had yet been manifested to make an impres- sion on the southern and western parts of the union . The war had been commenced in the north , which was deemed the cradle of opposition , in the hope that ...
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