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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... formed in congress against general Washing- ton .... General Gates supposed to be concerned in it .... Correspondence on this subject between the two gene- rals .... Distress of the American army for clothes .... General Washington's ...
... formed in congress against general Washing- ton .... General Gates supposed to be concerned in it .... Correspondence on this subject between the two gene- rals .... Distress of the American army for clothes .... General Washington's ...
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... forming a strong line to defend the passage between the island of Valicour , and the west- ern main . October 4 . Notwithstanding the vast disparity of force , a warm action ensued . An unfavourable wind kept the Inflexible , and some ...
... forming a strong line to defend the passage between the island of Valicour , and the west- ern main . October 4 . Notwithstanding the vast disparity of force , a warm action ensued . An unfavourable wind kept the Inflexible , and some ...
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... formed by lord Dunmore , through the agency of a mr . Connelly , to induce the Indians to co - operate with him , and with the numerous loyalists of the back country , in a very extensive scheme for attacking the western parts of ...
... formed by lord Dunmore , through the agency of a mr . Connelly , to induce the Indians to co - operate with him , and with the numerous loyalists of the back country , in a very extensive scheme for attacking the western parts of ...
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... formed out of these materials , in the face of the enemy , during the blockade of Boston . This work was to be repeated , with infinitely more difficulty , during the active operations of the campaign of 1776. The attention of congress ...
... formed out of these materials , in the face of the enemy , during the blockade of Boston . This work was to be repeated , with infinitely more difficulty , during the active operations of the campaign of 1776. The attention of congress ...
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... formed its most important duties through the agency of sovereign states . Those states were to nominate the officers , and were requested to send commissioners to camp to attend to this object . So many delays were experienced , that ...
... formed its most important duties through the agency of sovereign states . Those states were to nominate the officers , and were requested to send commissioners to camp to attend to this object . So many delays were experienced , that ...
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