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 3 |
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On receiving information of this 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 ...
On receiving information of this 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 ...
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II . legislature of New Jersey could not be prevailed 1777 . on to pass an act
which would bring the militia certainly into the field . The movement which he had
with so much reason apprehended , was not however made , and the war of ...
II . legislature of New Jersey could not be prevailed 1777 . on to pass an act
which would bring the militia certainly into the field . The movement which he had
with so much reason apprehended , was not however made , and the war of ...
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Great exertions were used to bring them immediately into the field , and to
employ them in watching those parties which might be detached to seize horses ,
carriages , and cattle , which it was foreseen must be the first objects of the
enemy .
Great exertions were used to bring them immediately into the field , and to
employ them in watching those parties which might be detached to seize horses ,
carriages , and cattle , which it was foreseen must be the first objects of the
enemy .
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... without a general engagement , while his opponents kept . the field . This
movement was certainly calculated to support the opinion , that he felt no certain
confidence of a victory over a Continental army equally numerous with his own .
... without a general engagement , while his opponents kept . the field . This
movement was certainly calculated to support the opinion , that he felt no certain
confidence of a victory over a Continental army equally numerous with his own .
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That we have no troops of light hòrse regularly embodied , there is a scarcity of
small arms among us , and no field pieces . That in these two incursions , we
have very sensibly felt the want of field pieces and artillery men , that · the
number of ...
That we have no troops of light hòrse regularly embodied , there is a scarcity of
small arms among us , and no field pieces . That in these two incursions , we
have very sensibly felt the want of field pieces and artillery men , that · the
number of ...
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| Titel | 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 ..., Band 3 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, John Marshall |
| Autor/in | John Marshall |
| Verlag | Richard Phillips, 1804 |
| Original von | Columbia University |
| Digitalisiert | 8. Dez. 2009 |
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