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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... military commanders for the execution of them ; and were so far from expecting this retrograde movement , that their views were extended to the lakes Ontario and Erie , and they were then contemplating a plan for taking possession of ...
... military commanders for the execution of them ; and were so far from expecting this retrograde movement , that their views were extended to the lakes Ontario and Erie , and they were then contemplating a plan for taking possession of ...
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... military stores , and baggage ; or of subsisting themselves . winter These considerations seem to have weighed also with the English general . After recon- Retires into noitring the works , and observing the steady quarters in ...
... military stores , and baggage ; or of subsisting themselves . winter These considerations seem to have weighed also with the English general . After recon- Retires into noitring the works , and observing the steady quarters in ...
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... military rank or condition , not as prisoners of war , but as state criminals . This unjustifiable measure was remonstrated against by general Washington , who consider- ing political opinion entirely out of the ques- tion , and ...
... military rank or condition , not as prisoners of war , but as state criminals . This unjustifiable measure was remonstrated against by general Washington , who consider- ing political opinion entirely out of the ques- tion , and ...
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... military sti- pulations entered into by an officer under his authority . General Washington felt the keenness of the reproach , and was urgent with congress to change their resolutions on this subject ; but his remonstrances were for a ...
... military sti- pulations entered into by an officer under his authority . General Washington felt the keenness of the reproach , and was urgent with congress to change their resolutions on this subject ; but his remonstrances were for a ...
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... exigencies of the war ; but without those aids , it would seem that the military operations of the army must not only have been enfeebled , but entirely suspended . 1776 . CHAP . I. It was not in the GEORGE WASHINGTON . 31.
... exigencies of the war ; but without those aids , it would seem that the military operations of the army must not only have been enfeebled , but entirely suspended . 1776 . CHAP . I. It was not in the GEORGE WASHINGTON . 31.
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