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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... thousand men , a less number than which could not possibly , in his opinion , be sufficient to cover the very extensive frontier of Virginia , if the present defensive system should be adhered to ; and he expressed his apprehensions ...
... thousand men , a less number than which could not possibly , in his opinion , be sufficient to cover the very extensive frontier of Virginia , if the present defensive system should be adhered to ; and he expressed his apprehensions ...
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... number of regulars to two thousand men . After returning from this tour to Winchester , he gave the Lieutenant - governor a statement of the situation situation in which he found the country , which ought 56 THE LIFE OF.
... number of regulars to two thousand men . After returning from this tour to Winchester , he gave the Lieutenant - governor a statement of the situation situation in which he found the country , which ought 56 THE LIFE OF.
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... thousand men have constantly wrought on it . By the last accounts I have received , they had cut it to the foot of the Laurel Hill , about thirty- five miles ; and I suppose by this time fifteen hun- dred men have taken post about ten ...
... thousand men have constantly wrought on it . By the last accounts I have received , they had cut it to the foot of the Laurel Hill , about thirty- five miles ; and I suppose by this time fifteen hun- dred men have taken post about ten ...
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... , the sum of 1,031,6661 . 13s . 4d . sterling . And the colonists are said to have lost in the course of the war near thirty thousand of their young men . enemy enemy of the country - a people the most subtle GENERAL WASHINGTON . 109.
... , the sum of 1,031,6661 . 13s . 4d . sterling . And the colonists are said to have lost in the course of the war near thirty thousand of their young men . enemy enemy of the country - a people the most subtle GENERAL WASHINGTON . 109.
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... thousand leagues . That his Majesty's royal predecessors , for this reason , were gra- ciously pleased to form a subordinate legislative here , that their subjects might enjoy the unalienable right of a representation . Also that ...
... thousand leagues . That his Majesty's royal predecessors , for this reason , were gra- ciously pleased to form a subordinate legislative here , that their subjects might enjoy the unalienable right of a representation . Also that ...
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