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 Hon. 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, Band 3 |
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III . becoming more and more violent , soon rendered 1777 . the retreat of the
Americans a matter of abso . : lute necessity . The vast inferiority of their arms ,
which imposed on them at all times the cruel task of engaging the enemy on
unequal ...
III . becoming more and more violent , soon rendered 1777 . the retreat of the
Americans a matter of abso . : lute necessity . The vast inferiority of their arms ,
which imposed on them at all times the cruel task of engaging the enemy on
unequal ...
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As this movement rendered the situation of general Smallwood more dangerous ,
by putting it in the power of the enemy to direct a larger force against him , he was
ordered . to join the army at Warwick furnace , on French creek .
As this movement rendered the situation of general Smallwood more dangerous ,
by putting it in the power of the enemy to direct a larger force against him , he was
ordered . to join the army at Warwick furnace , on French creek .
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would have rendered of peculiar importance to CHAP . VI . him . As this request
was not in the peremp . 1777 . tory style of an order , but a compliance with it ,
notwithstanding the hard pressure of supe . rior numbers on the army opposed to
sir ...
would have rendered of peculiar importance to CHAP . VI . him . As this request
was not in the peremp . 1777 . tory style of an order , but a compliance with it ,
notwithstanding the hard pressure of supe . rior numbers on the army opposed to
sir ...
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Thus ended this fruitless attempt to restore a connexion which had been
wantonly broken , the re - instatement of which a variety of causes had rendered
impracticable . With the war , and with their independence , a course of opinions
had ...
Thus ended this fruitless attempt to restore a connexion which had been
wantonly broken , the re - instatement of which a variety of causes had rendered
impracticable . With the war , and with their independence , a course of opinions
had ...
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Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington from Original
Papers ... to which is Prefixed John Marshall. en The expedition of lieutenant
colonel Butler CHAP . X . had rendered some service to the western 1778 .
inhabitants ...
Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington from Original
Papers ... to which is Prefixed John Marshall. en The expedition of lieutenant
colonel Butler CHAP . X . had rendered some service to the western 1778 .
inhabitants ...
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