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 Honourable 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, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Band 3C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... CHAP . I. July . The small - pox , which had made such havoc 1776. in the northern army while in Canada , still continuing its ravages , and infecting the re - en- forcements as they arrived ; it was deemed necessary to stop those which ...
... CHAP . I. July . The small - pox , which had made such havoc 1776. in the northern army while in Canada , still continuing its ravages , and infecting the re - en- forcements as they arrived ; it was deemed necessary to stop those which ...
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... CHAP . I. of the enemy had sustained the greatest injury , gave it additional importance . It was also matter of serious regret , that commodore Hopkins with a considerable part of his squadron , and a number of privateers , were found ...
... CHAP . I. of the enemy had sustained the greatest injury , gave it additional importance . It was also matter of serious regret , that commodore Hopkins with a considerable part of his squadron , and a number of privateers , were found ...
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... CHAP . I. they would have induced , on the part of the 1776 . British general , a conduct more conformable to the rights they gave . While he claimed the benefit of these rights , he declared his deter- mination to be regulated entirely ...
... CHAP . I. they would have induced , on the part of the 1776 . British general , a conduct more conformable to the rights they gave . While he claimed the benefit of these rights , he declared his deter- mination to be regulated entirely ...
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... CHAP . I. 1776 . 1 CHAP . L. and particularly by captain Sullivan , GEORGE WASHINGTON . 29-
... CHAP . I. 1776 . 1 CHAP . L. and particularly by captain Sullivan , GEORGE WASHINGTON . 29-
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... CHAP . I , which terminated in 1763 . Unfortunately , congress did not in time adopt the system of clothing their troops them- selves ; and though in the beginning of 1776 the secret committee was charged with taking measures to import ...
... CHAP . I , which terminated in 1763 . Unfortunately , congress did not in time adopt the system of clothing their troops them- selves ; and though in the beginning of 1776 the secret committee was charged with taking measures to import ...
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