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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... Point aux Trembles . Montgomery lays seige to Quebec . Unsuccessful Attack on that Place . Death of Montgomery Blockade of Quebec continued . Ge- neral Thomas takes command of the Army . The Blockade of Quebec is raised . General ...
... Point aux Trembles . Montgomery lays seige to Quebec . Unsuccessful Attack on that Place . Death of Montgomery Blockade of Quebec continued . Ge- neral Thomas takes command of the Army . The Blockade of Quebec is raised . General ...
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... point is twenty or twenty - five feet above the common surface of the water , and a considerable bot- tom of flat well - timbered land all around it , very convenient for building . The rivers are each a quarter of a mile or more across ...
... point is twenty or twenty - five feet above the common surface of the water , and a considerable bot- tom of flat well - timbered land all around it , very convenient for building . The rivers are each a quarter of a mile or more across ...
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... point out such errors as might con- duce to your use , my advantage , and the public satisfaction ; but now it is out of my power . I had no time to make any remarks upon that piece which is called my journal . The inclosed are ...
... point out such errors as might con- duce to your use , my advantage , and the public satisfaction ; but now it is out of my power . I had no time to make any remarks upon that piece which is called my journal . The inclosed are ...
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... point of view , and of the regiment in particular , was drawn up and submitted to him by Colonel Wash- ington . In this he enumerated the errors which had prevented the completion of his regiment ; shewed the insufficiency of the ...
... point of view , and of the regiment in particular , was drawn up and submitted to him by Colonel Wash- ington . In this he enumerated the errors which had prevented the completion of his regiment ; shewed the insufficiency of the ...
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... point of view . Otherwise , your Honour would not have accused me of loose behaviour , and remissness of duty , in matters where , I think , I have rather ex- ceeded than fallen short of it . This , I think , is evi- dently the case in ...
... point of view . Otherwise , your Honour would not have accused me of loose behaviour , and remissness of duty , in matters where , I think , I have rather ex- ceeded than fallen short of it . This , I think , is evi- dently the case in ...
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