Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... French troops - Capitulation of Fort Necessity - He is appoint . ed a volunteer Aid - de - camp to General Braddock - His bra- very in the action in which that General fell - He is appointed the Colonel of a regiment , and Commander ...
... French troops - Capitulation of Fort Necessity - He is appoint . ed a volunteer Aid - de - camp to General Braddock - His bra- very in the action in which that General fell - He is appointed the Colonel of a regiment , and Commander ...
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... French to desist from the prosecution of a scheme , deemed a viola- tion of existing treaties between the two countries . It was difficult to select a proper agent to exe- cute this perilous mission . He must pass through an unexplored ...
... French to desist from the prosecution of a scheme , deemed a viola- tion of existing treaties between the two countries . It was difficult to select a proper agent to exe- cute this perilous mission . He must pass through an unexplored ...
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... French General , and that his troops had retired to winter quarters . With extreme fatigue he pursued his journey ; surveyed the country with the judgment of a sol- dier , and selected the forks of the Monongahela and Alleghany rivers ...
... French General , and that his troops had retired to winter quarters . With extreme fatigue he pursued his journey ; surveyed the country with the judgment of a sol- dier , and selected the forks of the Monongahela and Alleghany rivers ...
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... French Indians , which laid in wait for him ; one of them not fifteen steps distant fired , but without effect . This Indian the major took into custody , and kept him until nine o'clock , then let him go , and walked himself all the ...
... French Indians , which laid in wait for him ; one of them not fifteen steps distant fired , but without effect . This Indian the major took into custody , and kept him until nine o'clock , then let him go , and walked himself all the ...
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... French to withdraw from that country , the assembly of Virginia adopted measures to main- tain the claims of the British crown . They em- powered the executive of the Colony to raise a regiment to consist of three hundred men . Mr. Fry ...
... French to withdraw from that country , the assembly of Virginia adopted measures to main- tain the claims of the British crown . They em- powered the executive of the Colony to raise a regiment to consist of three hundred men . Mr. Fry ...
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