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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... Lord Cornwallis skirmishes near the Scotch Plains with lord Stirling .... The British army embark . 20479 CHAPTER III . General Washington commences his march to the.
... 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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... Lord Cornwallis at- tacks Maxwell's corps and compels them to retreat .... The American army defeated at Brandywine , and re- treat to Chester .... After a slight skirmish compelled again to retire , cross the Schuylkill and proceed to ...
... Lord Cornwallis at- tacks Maxwell's corps and compels them to retreat .... The American army defeated at Brandywine , and re- treat to Chester .... After a slight skirmish compelled again to retire , cross the Schuylkill and proceed to ...
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... lord Howe , who appears off Rhode Island .... General Sullivan lays siege to Newport ..... Both fleets dispersed by a storm .... D'Estaing returns to Newport , and against the solicitations of Sullivan , sails for Boston to refit ...
... lord Howe , who appears off Rhode Island .... General Sullivan lays siege to Newport ..... Both fleets dispersed by a storm .... D'Estaing returns to Newport , and against the solicitations of Sullivan , sails for Boston to refit ...
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... 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 Virginia ; but ...
... 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 Virginia ; but ...
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... lord Dunmore , were intercepted on their way to Boston in December 1775 , and laid before general Wash- ington . The scheme was so plausible , that its effect was very extensive among the southern Indians , who , with a few exceptions ...
... lord Dunmore , were intercepted on their way to Boston in December 1775 , and laid before general Wash- ington . The scheme was so plausible , that its effect was very extensive among the southern Indians , who , with a few exceptions ...
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