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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... obtain peace , it must be carried into their own country . It was also believed to be proved , that the hostility already experienced had been very much excited by Colonel Hamilton , the governor of Detroit , which place was understood ...
... obtain peace , it must be carried into their own country . It was also believed to be proved , that the hostility already experienced had been very much excited by Colonel Hamilton , the governor of Detroit , which place was understood ...
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... obtained easy pos- session of one of the two upper forts ; which be- ing garrisoned , as is alleged , chiefly by concealed tories , was delivered up without opposition . The other was taken . The two principal forts , Kingston and ...
... obtained easy pos- session of one of the two upper forts ; which be- ing garrisoned , as is alleged , chiefly by concealed tories , was delivered up without opposition . The other was taken . The two principal forts , Kingston and ...
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... obtaining possession of Canada , not only the dominions of the United States would be greatly extended , and other con- siderable advantages secured , but the cause of a perpetual and terrible savage war would be en- tirely removed ...
... obtaining possession of Canada , not only the dominions of the United States would be greatly extended , and other con- siderable advantages secured , but the cause of a perpetual and terrible savage war would be en- tirely removed ...
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... obtained . They seem to have taken up the opinion , that the great body of the people , fatigued and worn out by the complicated cala- mities experienced during the revolutionary strug- gle , sincerely desired an accommodation on the ...
... obtained . They seem to have taken up the opinion , that the great body of the people , fatigued and worn out by the complicated cala- mities experienced during the revolutionary strug- gle , sincerely desired an accommodation on the ...
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... obtained at no other expence than the loss of seven killed and nineteen wounded . No military force now remaining in Georgia except the garrison of Sunbury , whose retreat to South Carolina was entirely cut off , all the lower part of ...
... obtained at no other expence than the loss of seven killed and nineteen wounded . No military force now remaining in Georgia except the garrison of Sunbury , whose retreat to South Carolina was entirely cut off , all the lower part of ...
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