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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Side vii
... island .... Battle of Brooklyn and evacuation of Long island .... Fruitless negotiations .... New York evacuated . CHAPTER VIII . Skirmish on the heights of Haerlem .... CONTENTS . vii.
... island .... Battle of Brooklyn and evacuation of Long island .... Fruitless negotiations .... New York evacuated . CHAPTER VIII . Skirmish on the heights of Haerlem .... CONTENTS . vii.
Side viii
... island , except fort Washington .... Both armies move towards the White Plains .... Battle of the White Plains .... The British army returns to King's bridge , and gene- ral Washington with a part of his army crosses the North river ...
... island , except fort Washington .... Both armies move towards the White Plains .... Battle of the White Plains .... The British army returns to King's bridge , and gene- ral Washington with a part of his army crosses the North river ...
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... Island , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , the three lower counties on the New York . Delaware , Maryland , and South Carolina , as- sembled at New York ; and Timothy Ruggles , esq . of Massachussetts , having been ...
... Island , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , the three lower counties on the New York . Delaware , Maryland , and South Carolina , as- sembled at New York ; and Timothy Ruggles , esq . of Massachussetts , having been ...
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... Island and Georgia , the inhabitants of which colonies , they charged with having acted a part most singularly infamous from the com- mencement of the present glorious struggle for the preservation of American rights . This vigorous ...
... Island and Georgia , the inhabitants of which colonies , they charged with having acted a part most singularly infamous from the com- mencement of the present glorious struggle for the preservation of American rights . This vigorous ...
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... Island and Albany , it was determined to import as usual , with the restriction only of such articles as should be dutiable . On the remon- strances of other commercial places , especially of Boston , these resolutions were changed ...
... Island and Albany , it was determined to import as usual , with the restriction only of such articles as should be dutiable . On the remon- strances of other commercial places , especially of Boston , these resolutions were changed ...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volum 2 John Marshall Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1845 |
The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volum 2 John Marshall Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1804 |
The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volum 2 John Marshall Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1804 |
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