Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... road . When individuals of Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia , he said , were about to establish a trade with the natives on the Ohio , they , under Indian guides , explored the country , and adopted the road by Will's Creek as the best route ...
... road . When individuals of Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia , he said , were about to establish a trade with the natives on the Ohio , they , under Indian guides , explored the country , and adopted the road by Will's Creek as the best route ...
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... road were as numerous as on Braddock's , and the saving in distance was inconsiderable . But the insuperable objection to the new route , he observed , was the time that must be expended in opening it . The distance was little short of ...
... road were as numerous as on Braddock's , and the saving in distance was inconsiderable . But the insuperable objection to the new route , he observed , was the time that must be expended in opening it . The distance was little short of ...
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... road , he proceeds : " But I spoke all unavailingly . The road was immediately be- gun , and since then , from one to two thousand men have constantly wrought on it . By the last ac- counts I have received , they had cut to the foot of ...
... road , he proceeds : " But I spoke all unavailingly . The road was immediately be- gun , and since then , from one to two thousand men have constantly wrought on it . By the last ac- counts I have received , they had cut to the foot of ...
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... road , in the neighbourhood of Rays- town . OCT . 8 , 1758. ] General Forbes resolved that the main army should move from this place ; and he called upon the commanding officers of regi- ments to lay before him a plan for its march . Co ...
... road , in the neighbourhood of Rays- town . OCT . 8 , 1758. ] General Forbes resolved that the main army should move from this place ; and he called upon the commanding officers of regi- ments to lay before him a plan for its march . Co ...
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... road for the army ; which duty he , with extreme fatigue , executed . [ Nov. 25 , 1758. ] In slow and laborious marches , Ge- neral Forbes reached du Quesne , and found that the French , on the evening preceding his arrival , had set ...
... road for the army ; which duty he , with extreme fatigue , executed . [ Nov. 25 , 1758. ] In slow and laborious marches , Ge- neral Forbes reached du Quesne , and found that the French , on the evening preceding his arrival , had set ...
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