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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... Military stores seized by general Gage .... Prepara- tions for defence in Massachussetts .... King's speech in parliament .... Proceedings of that body .... Battle of Lex- ington .... Vote of Massachussetts for raising men .... Meeting ...
... Military stores seized by general Gage .... Prepara- tions for defence in Massachussetts .... King's speech in parliament .... Proceedings of that body .... Battle of Lex- ington .... Vote of Massachussetts for raising men .... Meeting ...
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... military course . He lost his father at the age of ten years , and received what was denominated an English education , a term which excludes the acquisi- tion of other languages than our own . As his patrimonial estate was by no means ...
... military course . He lost his father at the age of ten years , and received what was denominated an English education , a term which excludes the acquisi- tion of other languages than our own . As his patrimonial estate was by no means ...
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... military eye , and selected the forks of the Monongahela and Alleghany rivers , the place where fort du Quesne , now Fort Pitt , was afterwards erected by the French , as an advantageous and commanding position , which it would be ...
... military eye , and selected the forks of the Monongahela and Alleghany rivers , the place where fort du Quesne , now Fort Pitt , was afterwards erected by the French , as an advantageous and commanding position , which it would be ...
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... military life had been rather increased by the applauses bestowed on his first essay in arms , colonel Washington possessed too entirely the proud and punctilious feelings of a soldier , to submit to a degradation so humiliating as this ...
... military life had been rather increased by the applauses bestowed on his first essay in arms , colonel Washington possessed too entirely the proud and punctilious feelings of a soldier , to submit to a degradation so humiliating as this ...
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... military line , and his reputation grew with every occasion for exertion which presented itself . His conduct in this battle was universally extolled , and the common opinion of his countrymen was , that , had his advice been pursued ...
... military line , and his reputation grew with every occasion for exertion which presented itself . His conduct in this battle was universally extolled , and the common opinion of his countrymen was , that , had his advice been pursued ...
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