Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... Britain - Insurrection in Pennsylvania - Democratic Societies - British Treaty - Com- munication between the French Executive and the Legisla- ture of the United States - The President refuses to the House of Representatives the Papers ...
... Britain - Insurrection in Pennsylvania - Democratic Societies - British Treaty - Com- munication between the French Executive and the Legisla- ture of the United States - The President refuses to the House of Representatives the Papers ...
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... Britain to enable the colony to drive the enemy from the Ohio were unattainable , which would prove a radical cure of the evil , he strongly recommended that a regu- lar force of two thousand men should be raised . By this measure he ...
... Britain to enable the colony to drive the enemy from the Ohio were unattainable , which would prove a radical cure of the evil , he strongly recommended that a regu- lar force of two thousand men should be raised . By this measure he ...
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... Britain ; and at the commencement of the war , the country was , in a great degree , destitute of ammunition , and of every material necessary to clothe an army , and fur- nish the men with tents . There were no considerable magazines ...
... Britain ; and at the commencement of the war , the country was , in a great degree , destitute of ammunition , and of every material necessary to clothe an army , and fur- nish the men with tents . There were no considerable magazines ...
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... Britain , that America was determined in her opposition to the measures of parliament . Un- der these impressions he often reconnoitred the enemy , and collected information of their numbers and strength , from every possible source ...
... Britain , that America was determined in her opposition to the measures of parliament . Un- der these impressions he often reconnoitred the enemy , and collected information of their numbers and strength , from every possible source ...
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... Britain could bring into the field ; and that the native patri- otism and bravery of the Americans would prove superior to the mechanical movements of disci- plined troops . There being no magazines of arms in the coun try , the ...
... Britain could bring into the field ; and that the native patri- otism and bravery of the Americans would prove superior to the mechanical movements of disci- plined troops . There being no magazines of arms in the coun try , the ...
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