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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... present , the northern department was still of the utmost importance , and the transactions of that quarter were , in a high degree , interesting to the whole . The war had indeed changed its object , and its character . Instead of con ...
... present , the northern department was still of the utmost importance , and the transactions of that quarter were , in a high degree , interesting to the whole . The war had indeed changed its object , and its character . Instead of con ...
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... present ; and the whole fleet was anchored in a line as near that of the Americans as it could be brought , for the purpose of preventing their escape . In this engagement , the best schooner belonging to the American flotilla was burnt ...
... present ; and the whole fleet was anchored in a line as near that of the Americans as it could be brought , for the purpose of preventing their escape . In this engagement , the best schooner belonging to the American flotilla was burnt ...
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... present security , and future distinction from the king's enemies , to subscribe immediately to a written paper declaratory of their allegiance . Copies of all the papers relative to this plan , together with several other letters from ...
... present security , and future distinction from the king's enemies , to subscribe immediately to a written paper declaratory of their allegiance . Copies of all the papers relative to this plan , together with several other letters from ...
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... present actual situation of the people would enable them to pay . They were assured that for all monies thus raised , ⚫ each state should receive a credit with the United States , in its quota of the public debt that had been ...
... present actual situation of the people would enable them to pay . They were assured that for all monies thus raised , ⚫ each state should receive a credit with the United States , in its quota of the public debt that had been ...
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... present war had been members of the same empire ; that no practical oppression had been generally experienced ; but that the contest was a contest of principle , in which a claim was resisted , in its commencement , on the mere ground ...
... present war had been members of the same empire ; that no practical oppression had been generally experienced ; but that the contest was a contest of principle , in which a claim was resisted , in its commencement , on the mere ground ...
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