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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... NORTH AMERICA , FROM THEIR SETTLEMENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THAT WAR WHICH TERMINATED IN THEIR INDEPENDENCE . BY JOHN MARSHALL . VOL . III . PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY C. P. WAYNE . DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA , TO WIT . SEAL ...
... NORTH AMERICA , FROM THEIR SETTLEMENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THAT WAR WHICH TERMINATED IN THEIR INDEPENDENCE . BY JOHN MARSHALL . VOL . III . PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY C. P. WAYNE . DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA , TO WIT . SEAL ...
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... North Ame- " rica , from their settlement to the commencement of that war which " terminated in their Independence . By JOHN MARSHALL . " In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States entituled " An act for the ...
... North Ame- " rica , from their settlement to the commencement of that war which " terminated in their Independence . By JOHN MARSHALL . " In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States entituled " An act for the ...
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... North America .... General Wash- ington urges reasons against the plan .... Has a personal interview with a committee of congress , and induces that body to abandon the enterprise . LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON . CHAPTER I. Arnold defeated ...
... North America .... General Wash- ington urges reasons against the plan .... Has a personal interview with a committee of congress , and induces that body to abandon the enterprise . LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON . CHAPTER I. Arnold defeated ...
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... north . On opening the campaign of 1776 , instead of re - enforcing , it was necessary to re - create the army ; and we have already seen how much these raw troops were weakened by the enemy , by the small - pox , and by other diseases ...
... north . On opening the campaign of 1776 , instead of re - enforcing , it was necessary to re - create the army ; and we have already seen how much these raw troops were weakened by the enemy , by the small - pox , and by other diseases ...
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... North river , an experiment was made of the efficacy of a defence by gallies , which had been , in some degree , relied on . A detach- ment of soldiers was put on board them , and the Phoenix , lying at anchor in the bay of Haverstraw ...
... North river , an experiment was made of the efficacy of a defence by gallies , which had been , in some degree , relied on . A detach- ment of soldiers was put on board them , and the Phoenix , lying at anchor in the bay of Haverstraw ...
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