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 4Richard Phillips, 1805 |
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... garrison made prisoners . CHAPTER IV . Saint Lucia taken by the British ; Saint Vincent's and Grenada by the French . Count d'Estaing with his fleet 59 91 Wilmington . Greene advances to Ramsay's Mills , with a iv CONTENTS .
... garrison made prisoners . CHAPTER IV . Saint Lucia taken by the British ; Saint Vincent's and Grenada by the French . Count d'Estaing with his fleet 59 91 Wilmington . Greene advances to Ramsay's Mills , with a iv CONTENTS .
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... French armament in Rhode Island . Plans of eventual operations . Sir Henry Clinton embarks for Newport . Washington marches against New York . Return of Clinton . Enterprise against New York relinquished . Naval superiority of the ...
... French armament in Rhode Island . Plans of eventual operations . Sir Henry Clinton embarks for Newport . Washington marches against New York . Return of Clinton . Enterprise against New York relinquished . Naval superiority of the ...
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... the colonies been ac- tuated with enmity to us both ; and notwithstanding the pre- tended date , or present form of the French offers . " sive language against his Most Christian Majesty . This motion sive GENERAL WASHINGTON . 5.
... the colonies been ac- tuated with enmity to us both ; and notwithstanding the pre- tended date , or present form of the French offers . " sive language against his Most Christian Majesty . This motion sive GENERAL WASHINGTON . 5.
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... French fleet with a mi- nister , and the utmost confidence prevailed that an European war was inevitable . There was there- fore no probability that propositions which had been rejected under circumstances much less fa- vourable to the ...
... French fleet with a mi- nister , and the utmost confidence prevailed that an European war was inevitable . There was there- fore no probability that propositions which had been rejected under circumstances much less fa- vourable to the ...
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... French cabinet to accede to it . Some communications were also made respecting this subject to the marquis , whose influence in securing its adoption by his own go- vernment was greatly relied on ; and in October , it was for the first ...
... French cabinet to accede to it . Some communications were also made respecting this subject to the marquis , whose influence in securing its adoption by his own go- vernment was greatly relied on ; and in October , it was for the first ...
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