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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... supply , he entirely destroyed . Having effected this service , he returned to Schoharie , without having been able to fall in with any party of the enemy . * The head - quarters of the celebrated Colonel Brendt , an Indian chief of the ...
... supply , he entirely destroyed . Having effected this service , he returned to Schoharie , without having been able to fall in with any party of the enemy . * The head - quarters of the celebrated Colonel Brendt , an Indian chief of the ...
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... supplies ; and to have that plan actually ratified with the court of Versailles , might be attended , in case of failure in the conditions on our part , with very fatal ef- fects . " If I should seem unwilling to transmit the plan " If ...
... supplies ; and to have that plan actually ratified with the court of Versailles , might be attended , in case of failure in the conditions on our part , with very fatal ef- fects . " If I should seem unwilling to transmit the plan " If ...
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... supplies , and the requisites necessary for carrying into execution an undertaking that may involve the most serious events . If Congress think this can be done more satisfactorily in a personal con- ference , I hope to have the army in ...
... supplies , and the requisites necessary for carrying into execution an undertaking that may involve the most serious events . If Congress think this can be done more satisfactorily in a personal con- ference , I hope to have the army in ...
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... supplies of men and of money , had been meditated against Canada , with- out any just estimate of the resources of the go- vernment ; and that Congress was , with infinite difficulty , prevailed upon to relinquish them . Having ...
... supplies of men and of money , had been meditated against Canada , with- out any just estimate of the resources of the go- vernment ; and that Congress was , with infinite difficulty , prevailed upon to relinquish them . Having ...
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... supplies which should enable the army to move on any emergency ; and a subjection , in a great degree , of the troops in continental service to the control of the state government . The militia , though taken into continental pay ...
... supplies which should enable the army to move on any emergency ; and a subjection , in a great degree , of the troops in continental service to the control of the state government . The militia , though taken into continental pay ...
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