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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... troops captured with General Burgoyne . On receiving this paper , Mr. Johnstone with- drew from the commission ; and in the declaration containing his determination to act no further in that character , which was transmitted to Congress ...
... troops captured with General Burgoyne . On receiving this paper , Mr. Johnstone with- drew from the commission ; and in the declaration containing his determination to act no further in that character , which was transmitted to Congress ...
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... troops displayed such a degree of firmness , and acquitted them- selves with so much resolution , that the advantage was rather on their side ; when a soldier , either through treachery or cowardice , cried out , " The Colonel has ...
... troops displayed such a degree of firmness , and acquitted them- selves with so much resolution , that the advantage was rather on their side ; when a soldier , either through treachery or cowardice , cried out , " The Colonel has ...
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... troops which were detached to meet them . To cover every part of the United States from the ravages of their enemies , would have required forces infinitely more numerous than they could raise . Different districts were therefore ...
... troops which were detached to meet them . To cover every part of the United States from the ravages of their enemies , would have required forces infinitely more numerous than they could raise . Different districts were therefore ...
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... troops , mark the military and enterprising genius of the man who plans and exe cutes them . Clarke was too far removed from the inhabited country to hope for support , and was too weak to expect to maintain Kaskaskias and the Illinois ...
... troops , mark the military and enterprising genius of the man who plans and exe cutes them . Clarke was too far removed from the inhabited country to hope for support , and was too weak to expect to maintain Kaskaskias and the Illinois ...
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... troops marching from Wyoming against Niagara were to be met at Ana- quaqua by a reinforcement of fifteen hundred men to be collected at Schenectady . • A body of troops were to be stationed on the Mohawk during the winter , for the ...
... troops marching from Wyoming against Niagara were to be met at Ana- quaqua by a reinforcement of fifteen hundred men to be collected at Schenectady . • A body of troops were to be stationed on the Mohawk during the winter , for the ...
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