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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... join him on the Delaware . The great superiority of the British army under Howe in point of numbers , was such as to induce in its general the opinion that some impression might be made to the eastward , without endangering or impeding ...
... join him on the Delaware . The great superiority of the British army under Howe in point of numbers , was such as to induce in its general the opinion that some impression might be made to the eastward , without endangering or impeding ...
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... join him . Their march , as well as the march of the militia of Connecticut , was for a time suspended , for the purpose of watching the enemy in Rhode Island . Independent of this temporary effect , the English derived permanent ...
... join him . Their march , as well as the march of the militia of Connecticut , was for a time suspended , for the purpose of watching the enemy in Rhode Island . Independent of this temporary effect , the English derived permanent ...
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... joining the enemy . A plan had been formed by lord Dunmore , through the agency of a mr . Connelly , to induce the Indians to ... join a detachment of British troops , who were to land in West Floridas , and proceed through their country ...
... joining the enemy . A plan had been formed by lord Dunmore , through the agency of a mr . Connelly , to induce the Indians to ... join a detachment of British troops , who were to land in West Floridas , and proceed through their country ...
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... join the royal standard without danger . conduct disaffected . With respect to persons of this description , General the conduct of those who guided the councils towards the of America was , at first , truly lenient . Those taken in ...
... join the royal standard without danger . conduct disaffected . With respect to persons of this description , General the conduct of those who guided the councils towards the of America was , at first , truly lenient . Those taken in ...
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... join him . Very heavy requisitions were also made on the neighbouring militia , especially of New Jersey . To obviate any objections which might be made to complying with these requisitions , by those who had taken the oaths of ...
... join him . Very heavy requisitions were also made on the neighbouring militia , especially of New Jersey . To obviate any objections which might be made to complying with these requisitions , by those who had taken the oaths of ...
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