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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... operations early in the spring , from that point . The probability of success in any attempt on Ticonderoga , very much depended on the con- duct which might be observed by a considerable part of the garrison , composed of troops from ...
... operations early in the spring , from that point . The probability of success in any attempt on Ticonderoga , very much depended on the con- duct which might be observed by a considerable part of the garrison , composed of troops from ...
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... operations of the Cherokees were more extensive , and of longer continuance . Their whole force was exerted . They made sudden irruptions into the country , which they laid waste in their usual manner , scalping and mur- dering ...
... operations of the Cherokees were more extensive , and of longer continuance . Their whole force was exerted . They made sudden irruptions into the country , which they laid waste in their usual manner , scalping and mur- dering ...
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... the 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.
... the 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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... operations , the action of which was so perpetual , could not have been prevented by any means in the power of the United States ; and could have been retarded only by measures infinitely more energetic than these , or perhaps any ...
... operations , the action of which was so perpetual , could not have been prevented by any means in the power of the United States ; and could have been retarded only by measures infinitely more energetic than these , or perhaps any ...
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... operations . They exerted them- selves to strengthen the opinion , that they were clothed with pacific powers which might effect an accommodation , if the bar created by the declaration of independence could be removed ; while congress ...
... operations . They exerted them- selves to strengthen the opinion , that they were clothed with pacific powers which might effect an accommodation , if the bar created by the declaration of independence could be removed ; while congress ...
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