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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... rear of the great mass of their countrymen , and in a general view were not distinguishable from them , until the declaration of indepen- dence was proposed . This necessary measure seemed to cut up by the roots every hope of ...
... rear of the great mass of their countrymen , and in a general view were not distinguishable from them , until the declaration of indepen- dence was proposed . This necessary measure seemed to cut up by the roots every hope of ...
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... rear , in which about seventy prisoners and a part of their baggage were taken . Almost the whole state of Jersey was now restored to the union . The British general who had lately spread his troops over a very large part of it , and ...
... rear , in which about seventy prisoners and a part of their baggage were taken . Almost the whole state of Jersey was now restored to the union . The British general who had lately spread his troops over a very large part of it , and ...
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... rear , they retreated to the Highlands without effecting any thing . A corps of Connecticut militia under general Wooster , and some New York militia under colonel Rensalear , were left to collect and bring away the forage and horned ...
... rear , they retreated to the Highlands without effecting any thing . A corps of Connecticut militia under general Wooster , and some New York militia under colonel Rensalear , were left to collect and bring away the forage and horned ...
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... rear . Destruction Before this could be effected the enemy ap- Peck's - Kill . peared ; and finding himself unable to oppose them , he set fire to the remaining magazines , and to the barracks , and retired about two miles into the ...
... rear . Destruction Before this could be effected the enemy ap- Peck's - Kill . peared ; and finding himself unable to oppose them , he set fire to the remaining magazines , and to the barracks , and retired about two miles into the ...
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... rear , while Arnold with about five hundred , crossing the country , took post in their front at Ridgefield . Wooster came up with them about eleven in the morning , attacked their rear with great gallantry , and a sharp skirmish ensued ...
... rear , while Arnold with about five hundred , crossing the country , took post in their front at Ridgefield . Wooster came up with them about eleven in the morning , attacked their rear with great gallantry , and a sharp skirmish ensued ...
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