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 Honourable 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, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volum 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... adopted , such were the delays attendant on the march of the whole army , that rains , sufficient to raise the waters might reasonably be counted on , and the whole force of the French would probably be collected for their reception ; a ...
... adopted , such were the delays attendant on the march of the whole army , that rains , sufficient to raise the waters might reasonably be counted on , and the whole force of the French would probably be collected for their reception ; a ...
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... adopting in the first instance , that military code which experience had matured , occasional acts were made to remedy particular evils as they occurred , in consequence of which a state of insubordination was greatly protracted , and ...
... adopting in the first instance , that military code which experience had matured , occasional acts were made to remedy particular evils as they occurred , in consequence of which a state of insubordination was greatly protracted , and ...
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... adopted , he recommended by a variety of arguments and observations , manifesting its propriety , the same plan of defence which had been submitted to the lieutenant governor . The total inability of colonel Washington to act ...
... adopted , he recommended by a variety of arguments and observations , manifesting its propriety , the same plan of defence which had been submitted to the lieutenant governor . The total inability of colonel Washington to act ...
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... adopted , gave offence to the governor , who considered these censures as manifesting a want of respect for himself . He sometimes coarsely termed them impertinent , and at others charged him with looseness in his information , and ...
... adopted , gave offence to the governor , who considered these censures as manifesting a want of respect for himself . He sometimes coarsely termed them impertinent , and at others charged him with looseness in his information , and ...
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... adopted it . It had been opened by the Ohio company in 1753 , and repaired by the troops under his command in 1754 as far as Gist's plantation , beyond the Great Meadows . In 1755 it had been widened and put in good order by general ...
... adopted it . It had been opened by the Ohio company in 1753 , and repaired by the troops under his command in 1754 as far as Gist's plantation , beyond the Great Meadows . In 1755 it had been widened and put in good order by general ...
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