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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... congress on this subject .... The army subsisted in a great measure by impressments .... Com- bination formed in congress against general Washing- ton .... General Gates supposed to be concerned in it .... Correspondence on this subject ...
... congress on this subject .... The army subsisted in a great measure by impressments .... Com- bination formed in congress against general Washing- ton .... General Gates supposed to be concerned in it .... Correspondence on this subject ...
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... Congress send a committee of their own body to the army .... Attempt to surprise captain Lee's corps , and the gallant resistance made by him .... Congress determine upon a second expedition against Canada .... Before its execution , it ...
... Congress send a committee of their own body to the army .... Attempt to surprise captain Lee's corps , and the gallant resistance made by him .... Congress determine upon a second expedition against Canada .... Before its execution , it ...
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... congress presented to general Washington and his army , for their conduct in the battle at Monmouth . CHAPTER IX . Count D'Estaing arrives on the coast of Virginia with a French fleet under his command .... He meditates an at- tack on ...
... congress presented to general Washington and his army , for their conduct in the battle at Monmouth . CHAPTER IX . Count D'Estaing arrives on the coast of Virginia with a French fleet under his command .... He meditates an at- tack on ...
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... Congress determine to attack Canada and the other British possessions in North America .... General Wash- ington urges reasons against the plan .... Has a personal interview with a committee of congress , and induces that body to ...
... Congress determine to attack Canada and the other British possessions in North America .... General Wash- ington urges reasons against the plan .... Has a personal interview with a committee of congress , and induces that body to ...
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... congress had designed to give it ; and , in a council of general officers , it was determined to evacuate Crown Point , and con- centrate their forces about Ticonderoga . This measure , which the feeble condition of the army , most ...
... congress had designed to give it ; and , in a council of general officers , it was determined to evacuate Crown Point , and con- centrate their forces about Ticonderoga . This measure , which the feeble condition of the army , most ...
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