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, Band 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... inhabitants , instead of assembling in arms , and obtaining safety by meeting the enemy , fled into the lower coun- try , and increased the general terror . In this state of things , he endeavoured to collect and arm the men who had ...
... inhabitants , instead of assembling in arms , and obtaining safety by meeting the enemy , fled into the lower coun- try , and increased the general terror . In this state of things , he endeavoured to collect and arm the men who had ...
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... inhabitants now in forts must unavoidably fall , while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe . In fine , the melancholy situation of the people , the little prospect of assistance , the gross and scandalous In one of these ...
... inhabitants now in forts must unavoidably fall , while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe . In fine , the melancholy situation of the people , the little prospect of assistance , the gross and scandalous In one of these ...
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... inhabitants of that place . Lord Fairfax , who commanded the militia of that and the adjacent counties , had ordered them to his assistance ; but they were slow in turning out ; and he complained that three days unremitting exertion in ...
... inhabitants of that place . Lord Fairfax , who commanded the militia of that and the adjacent counties , had ordered them to his assistance ; but they were slow in turning out ; and he complained that three days unremitting exertion in ...
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... inhabitants , forted in on the south branch of Potowmack , the north mountain near Win- chester , had become the frontier ; and that without effectual aid , the inhabitants would even pass the Blue Ridge . He also recommended a fort at ...
... inhabitants , forted in on the south branch of Potowmack , the north mountain near Win- chester , had become the frontier ; and that without effectual aid , the inhabitants would even pass the Blue Ridge . He also recommended a fort at ...
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... inhabitants , that the assembly requested the governor , to order out half the militia of the adjoining counties to their relief : and the attorney general , ( mr . Peyton Randolph ) formed a company of one hundred gentlemen , who ...
... inhabitants , that the assembly requested the governor , to order out half the militia of the adjoining counties to their relief : and the attorney general , ( mr . Peyton Randolph ) formed a company of one hundred gentlemen , who ...
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