Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... Island - Interview between General Washington and Colonel Patterson - State of the British and American Forces - Camp at Brooklyn - Battle on Long Island - Retreat from it - The City and Island of New York evacuated - Manoeuvres at ...
... Island - Interview between General Washington and Colonel Patterson - State of the British and American Forces - Camp at Brooklyn - Battle on Long Island - Retreat from it - The City and Island of New York evacuated - Manoeuvres at ...
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... Island - It fails - Disaffection between the American and French Offi- cers - Measures of the Commander in Chief to prevent the ill consequences of it - Army goes into Winter Quarters in the High Lands 169 CHAPTER VI . Plan formed by ...
... Island - It fails - Disaffection between the American and French Offi- cers - Measures of the Commander in Chief to prevent the ill consequences of it - Army goes into Winter Quarters in the High Lands 169 CHAPTER VI . Plan formed by ...
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... Island fails · 207 CHAPTER VII . Amount of Paper Emission - Congress destitute of Means to support the War - Supplies apportioned upon the States- Exertions of the Commander in Chief - Mutiny in part of the Army - The British make an ...
... Island fails · 207 CHAPTER VII . Amount of Paper Emission - Congress destitute of Means to support the War - Supplies apportioned upon the States- Exertions of the Commander in Chief - Mutiny in part of the Army - The British make an ...
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Aaron Bancroft. to reach either shore , but with difficulty they landed on an island . The cold was so severe that Mr. Gist , the pilot , had his hands and feet frozen . The next morning , without hazard , they passed the river on the ...
Aaron Bancroft. to reach either shore , but with difficulty they landed on an island . The cold was so severe that Mr. Gist , the pilot , had his hands and feet frozen . The next morning , without hazard , they passed the river on the ...
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... Island of St. John into General Washington's camp ; he treated them with the greatest tenderness , and permitted them immediately to return to their distressed fa- milies . In the course of the autumn , gradual ap- proaches were made ...
... Island of St. John into General Washington's camp ; he treated them with the greatest tenderness , and permitted them immediately to return to their distressed fa- milies . In the course of the autumn , gradual ap- proaches were made ...
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