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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... continental stores been originally adopted , many prize clothes , which might have saved from disease and death , soldiers exposed to the hardships of a winter campaign , were suffered to pass into the hands of private individuals . In ...
... continental stores been originally adopted , many prize clothes , which might have saved from disease and death , soldiers exposed to the hardships of a winter campaign , were suffered to pass into the hands of private individuals . In ...
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... continental dollars , on an interest of four per centum per annum , the principal to be repaid in three years . For the accommodation of lenders , an office was to be opened in each state , and the interest was to be paid annually , and ...
... continental dollars , on an interest of four per centum per annum , the principal to be repaid in three years . For the accommodation of lenders , an office was to be opened in each state , and the interest was to be paid annually , and ...
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... continental money by the sales of the tickets , to retain with the consent of the suc- cessful adventurers , the small prizes in each class , for tickets in the succeeding class , and the large prizes on loan . These experiments were of ...
... continental money by the sales of the tickets , to retain with the consent of the suc- cessful adventurers , the small prizes in each class , for tickets in the succeeding class , and the large prizes on loan . These experiments were of ...
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... continental bills of credit , ought to be deemed an enemy to the liberties of the United States , and to forfeit the value of the money or other thing , in the purchase , sale , or barter , of which this difference of value was made ...
... continental bills of credit , ought to be deemed an enemy to the liberties of the United States , and to forfeit the value of the money or other thing , in the purchase , sale , or barter , of which this difference of value was made ...
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... continental pay . With considerable difficulty , a new army was formed out of these materials , in the face of the enemy , during the blockade of Boston . This work was to be repeated , with infinitely more difficulty , during the ...
... continental pay . With considerable difficulty , a new army was formed out of these materials , in the face of the enemy , during the blockade of Boston . This work was to be repeated , with infinitely more difficulty , during the ...
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