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 Hon. 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, Band 2Richard Phillips, 1804 |
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... camp , with a small guard left for his protection , till the ar- rival of Colonel Dunbar . These orders he very re- luctantly obeyed , having first obtained from the general a solemn promise that means should be used to bring him up ...
... camp , with a small guard left for his protection , till the ar- rival of Colonel Dunbar . These orders he very re- luctantly obeyed , having first obtained from the general a solemn promise that means should be used to bring him up ...
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... camp , to have some comfortable provisions prepared for the defeated army ; which place he reached the next evening , and was soon followed by the remnant of the troops . On their arrival , all the stores , except those neces- sary for ...
... camp , to have some comfortable provisions prepared for the defeated army ; which place he reached the next evening , and was soon followed by the remnant of the troops . On their arrival , all the stores , except those neces- sary for ...
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... camp at Loyal Hanna through a road said to be indiscribably bad , about the fifth of November ; where , as had been predicted , a council of war determined that it was unadvisable to proceed further this campaign . It would have been ...
... camp at Loyal Hanna through a road said to be indiscribably bad , about the fifth of November ; where , as had been predicted , a council of war determined that it was unadvisable to proceed further this campaign . It would have been ...
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... camp were employed by the Commander in Chief in recon- noitring the enemy , and examining the strength and situation of the American troops . The main body of the British army , under the immediate command of General Howe , was en ...
... camp were employed by the Commander in Chief in recon- noitring the enemy , and examining the strength and situation of the American troops . The main body of the British army , under the immediate command of General Howe , was en ...
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... camp ; and a twenty gun ship below the ferry between Boston and Charlestown . There was also on the Boston side of the water , on Cops , or Cope's Hill , a strong battery , which had very much annoyed the pro- vincials while in ...
... camp ; and a twenty gun ship below the ferry between Boston and Charlestown . There was also on the Boston side of the water , on Cops , or Cope's Hill , a strong battery , which had very much annoyed the pro- vincials while in ...
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