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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... and the 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 .
... and the 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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... a part of the Pennsylvania line . Peace concluded . Evacuation of New York . Gene- ral Washington resigns his commission , and retires . to Mount Vernon . 566 621 THE Page fleet arrives on the southern coast of America . viii CONTENTS .
... a part of the Pennsylvania line . Peace concluded . Evacuation of New York . Gene- ral Washington resigns his commission , and retires . to Mount Vernon . 566 621 THE Page fleet arrives on the southern coast of America . viii CONTENTS .
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... fleet arrives on the southern coast of America . Siege of Savannah by the combined armies . Unsuccessful attempt to storm it . The siege raised . Victory gained by General Sullivan over the Indians at Newtown . Spain offers her ...
... fleet arrives on the southern coast of America . Siege of Savannah by the combined armies . Unsuccessful attempt to storm it . The siege raised . Victory gained by General Sullivan over the Indians at Newtown . Spain offers her ...
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... fleets and armies . " Some apprehensions seem to have been entertain- ed that these propositions might make an unfa- vourable impression on the public mind , and in- crease the divisions which already existed . They were therefore ...
... fleets and armies . " Some apprehensions seem to have been entertain- ed that these propositions might make an unfa- vourable impression on the public mind , and in- crease the divisions which already existed . They were therefore ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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