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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... letter , a very haughty and intempe- rate answer was returned , in which complaints concerning the treatment of prisoners were retorted ; and it was affected to be considered as an instance of clemency , that the cord was not applied to ...
... letter , a very haughty and intempe- rate answer was returned , in which complaints concerning the treatment of prisoners were retorted ; and it was affected to be considered as an instance of clemency , that the cord was not applied to ...
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... letter was thereupon addressed to sir William Howe , requiring an eclaircissement , and assuring him that general Prescott , who had been taken in Canada , and who was under . stood to have contributed to the injuries in- CHAP . 24 THE ...
... letter was thereupon addressed to sir William Howe , requiring an eclaircissement , and assuring him that general Prescott , who had been taken in Canada , and who was under . stood to have contributed to the injuries in- CHAP . 24 THE ...
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... letter , General Schuyler was directed to make parti- cular inquiries into the conduct of general Prescott ; and congress , on being informed of the result of the application , ordered that officer into close jail . * A physician and ...
... letter , General Schuyler was directed to make parti- cular inquiries into the conduct of general Prescott ; and congress , on being informed of the result of the application , ordered that officer into close jail . * A physician and ...
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... letter manifesting the sanguine hopes of congress that the desire , expressed in them , would soon be realized ; but to do so , required means infinitely greater than those placed in the hands of their general . Many concurring causes ...
... letter manifesting the sanguine hopes of congress that the desire , expressed in them , would soon be realized ; but to do so , required means infinitely greater than those placed in the hands of their general . Many concurring causes ...
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... letter to the same gentleman , the necessity of bringing a sufficient army into the field , should even coercive measures be resorted to , was very strongly enforced . At the same time , some alternatives were sug- gested , which , in a ...
... letter to the same gentleman , the necessity of bringing a sufficient army into the field , should even coercive measures be resorted to , was very strongly enforced . At the same time , some alternatives were sug- gested , which , in a ...
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