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 3C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... circumstance to congress , it * The duties of general Schuyler had been laborious , intricate , and complicated ; and he had discharged them with fidelity and talents . On him , almost exclusively , had devolved the difficult task of ...
... circumstance to congress , it * The duties of general Schuyler had been laborious , intricate , and complicated ; and he had discharged them with fidelity and talents . On him , almost exclusively , had devolved the difficult task of ...
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... circumstance enabled Arnold to keep up the engagement for several hours . Towards night , the English commander thought it advisable to discontinue the action for the present ; and the whole fleet was anchored in a line as near that of ...
... circumstance enabled Arnold to keep up the engagement for several hours . Towards night , the English commander thought it advisable to discontinue the action for the present ; and the whole fleet was anchored in a line as near that of ...
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... circumstances , which were considered as deducting something from the loss of the lakes . A small detachment , which had been stationed at Crown Point as an out post , immediately on the approach of the enemy , set fire to the houses ...
... circumstances , which were considered as deducting something from the loss of the lakes . A small detachment , which had been stationed at Crown Point as an out post , immediately on the approach of the enemy , set fire to the houses ...
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... circumstance certainly rendered the situation of the army extremely critical . It must be admitted too , that wintering on lake George , an army whose supplies were to be drawn from Canada , would have been attended with great ...
... circumstance certainly rendered the situation of the army extremely critical . It must be admitted too , that wintering on lake George , an army whose supplies were to be drawn from Canada , would have been attended with great ...
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... circumstance , a resolution was entered into by congress , directing general Howe to be assured , that if the exchange which was offered of the six field officers taken at Trenton , for general Lee , should be rejected , and the severe ...
... circumstance , a resolution was entered into by congress , directing general Howe to be assured , that if the exchange which was offered of the six field officers taken at Trenton , for general Lee , should be rejected , and the severe ...
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