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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... situation of the army extremely critical . It must be admitted too , that wintering on lake George , an army whose supplies were to be drawn from Canada , would have been attended with great difficulty , and that the attempt , at that ...
... situation of the army extremely critical . It must be admitted too , that wintering on lake George , an army whose supplies were to be drawn from Canada , would have been attended with great difficulty , and that the attempt , at that ...
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... This was more especially the situation of the middle and southern colonies , whose commerce was chiefly in the hands of British merchants , who received the crops of the plan- ters , furnished them with goods , and gave the 36 THE LIFE OF.
... This was more especially the situation of the middle and southern colonies , whose commerce was chiefly in the hands of British merchants , who received the crops of the plan- ters , furnished them with goods , and gave the 36 THE LIFE OF.
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... 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 apportioned on them . At ...
... 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 apportioned on them . At ...
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... situation , their duties , and mode of living , contributes , not a little , to render the military life , in the first instance , unpleasant to those who engage in it . Habit conquers these impressions , and re- moves many of the ...
... situation , their duties , and mode of living , contributes , not a little , to render the military life , in the first instance , unpleasant to those who engage in it . Habit conquers these impressions , and re- moves many of the ...
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... situation of gene- ral Washington , which was happily concealed in a great degree both from the enemy , and from his own countrymen , was extremely cri- State of the tical . He was often abandoned by bodies of the militia , before their ...
... situation of gene- ral Washington , which was happily concealed in a great degree both from the enemy , and from his own countrymen , was extremely cri- State of the tical . He was often abandoned by bodies of the militia , before their ...
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