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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... COMMENCEMENT OF THAT WAR WHICH TERMINATED IN THEIR INDEPENDENCE . BY JOHN MARSHALL . VOL . III . PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY C. P. WAYNE . DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA , TO WIT . SEAL . BE. 1804 . THE COL.COLL .
... COMMENCEMENT OF THAT WAR WHICH TERMINATED IN THEIR INDEPENDENCE . BY JOHN MARSHALL . VOL . III . PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY C. P. WAYNE . DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA , TO WIT . SEAL . BE. 1804 . THE COL.COLL .
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... American army to Middlebrook , but is dis- appointed .... Lord Cornwallis skirmishes near the Scotch Plains with lord Stirling .... The British army embark . 20479 CHAPTER III . General Washington commences his march to the.
... American army to Middlebrook , but is dis- appointed .... Lord Cornwallis skirmishes near the Scotch Plains with lord Stirling .... The British army embark . 20479 CHAPTER III . General Washington commences his march to the.
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... commences his march to the Dela- ware .... He takes measures for checking Burgoyne .... Expedition of general Sullivan against Staten island .... British fleet come up the Chesapeak and land an army under sir William Howe at Elk river ...
... commences his march to the Dela- ware .... He takes measures for checking Burgoyne .... Expedition of general Sullivan against Staten island .... British fleet come up the Chesapeak and land an army under sir William Howe at Elk river ...
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... commenced . General Schuyler on his part was not unem- ployed . He used all the means in his power , so to strengthen his little fleet , as to maintain a superiority over the enemy on the lakes . In this effort the commander in chief ...
... commenced . General Schuyler on his part was not unem- ployed . He used all the means in his power , so to strengthen his little fleet , as to maintain a superiority over the enemy on the lakes . In this effort the commander in chief ...
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... commenced its operations early in the spring , from that point . The probability of success in any attempt on Ticonderoga , very much depended on the con- duct which might be observed by a considerable part of the garrison , composed of ...
... commenced its operations early in the spring , from that point . The probability of success in any attempt on Ticonderoga , very much depended on the con- duct which might be observed by a considerable part of the garrison , composed of ...
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