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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... common opinion of his countrymen was , that , had his advice been pursued , the destruction of the day had been avoided . The assembly , which was in session when the intelligence of this defeat , and of the abandonment of the colony by ...
... common opinion of his countrymen was , that , had his advice been pursued , the destruction of the day had been avoided . The assembly , which was in session when the intelligence of this defeat , and of the abandonment of the colony by ...
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... common policy ; and in short to every thing but villainy , as the above is , could impress you with so ill an opinion of my honour and honesty . ...... " If it be possible that colonel ...... ; for my belief is staggered ; not being ...
... common policy ; and in short to every thing but villainy , as the above is , could impress you with so ill an opinion of my honour and honesty . ...... " If it be possible that colonel ...... ; for my belief is staggered ; not being ...
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... common to Virginia , and had been adopted by the British officers with whom he served . The duties he per- formed , though not splendid , were arduous ; and were executed with zeal and with judg- * See Note , No. III . at the end of the ...
... common to Virginia , and had been adopted by the British officers with whom he served . The duties he per- formed , though not splendid , were arduous ; and were executed with zeal and with judg- * See Note , No. III . at the end of the ...
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... common sovereign , was deemed a certain guarantee of future peace , and an effectual security against the return of those bloody scenes , from the sufferings of which , no condition in life could afford an exemption . This state of ...
... common sovereign , was deemed a certain guarantee of future peace , and an effectual security against the return of those bloody scenes , from the sufferings of which , no condition in life could afford an exemption . This state of ...
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... common to all the colonies , the same temper did not prevail in all of them . The commercial regulations excited , in the northern trading towns , scarcely less disgust than had been created by the stamp CHAP . II . act itself : in ...
... common to all the colonies , the same temper did not prevail in all of them . The commercial regulations excited , in the northern trading towns , scarcely less disgust than had been created by the stamp CHAP . II . act itself : in ...
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