Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western TerritoryD. Appleton & Company, 1847 - 501 Seiten |
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... minds , after they had pitched their tents on the frozen banks of the Delaware , he very pleasantly remarked , that " the darkest part of the night was just before the dawn of day . " At the time he uttered that sentiment , he was ...
... minds , after they had pitched their tents on the frozen banks of the Delaware , he very pleasantly remarked , that " the darkest part of the night was just before the dawn of day . " At the time he uttered that sentiment , he was ...
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... mind , and on his own responsibility . The attack on Princeton , having been thus decided on , the little half clothed army of Washington , about midnight , silently withdrew from the shelter of their tents , in a cold winter night ...
... mind , and on his own responsibility . The attack on Princeton , having been thus decided on , the little half clothed army of Washington , about midnight , silently withdrew from the shelter of their tents , in a cold winter night ...
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... mind , on the west bank of the Delaware -was communicated to his officers on the bank of the Sampink , and manifestly saved his army , and secured the independence of his country . BURNET'S NOTES ON THE NORTH - WESTERN TERRITORY ...
... mind , on the west bank of the Delaware -was communicated to his officers on the bank of the Sampink , and manifestly saved his army , and secured the independence of his country . BURNET'S NOTES ON THE NORTH - WESTERN TERRITORY ...
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... minds , or polished manners , were rarely met with ; and they had long been deprived of the advantage of modest , accomplished female society , which always produces a salutary influence on the feelings and moral habits of men . Thus ...
... minds , or polished manners , were rarely met with ; and they had long been deprived of the advantage of modest , accomplished female society , which always produces a salutary influence on the feelings and moral habits of men . Thus ...
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... minds of the proprietors , to induce them to adopt the name of Cincinnati , in preference to the one previously proposed . Judge Symmes , being on the spot , might have advised it ; but it is not probable that Governor St. Clair had any ...
... minds of the proprietors , to induce them to adopt the name of Cincinnati , in preference to the one previously proposed . Judge Symmes , being on the spot , might have advised it ; but it is not probable that Governor St. Clair had any ...
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