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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... supplies from Philadelphia .... Attack upon fort Mifflin .... Attack upon Red Bank .... Colonel Donop killed , and his party repulsed with considerable loss .... The Augusta frigate blows up .... General Washington takes post at White ...
... supplies from Philadelphia .... Attack upon fort Mifflin .... Attack upon Red Bank .... Colonel Donop killed , and his party repulsed with considerable loss .... The Augusta frigate blows up .... General Washington takes post at White ...
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... supplies were to be drawn from Canada , would have been attended with great difficulty , and that the attempt , at that late season , to penetrate the then dreary and inhospitable wilderness between that place and Albany , would have ...
... supplies were to be drawn from Canada , would have been attended with great difficulty , and that the attempt , at that late season , to penetrate the then dreary and inhospitable wilderness between that place and Albany , would have ...
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... supplies thus obtained , most es- sential service to their country in the course of the war . The harbour of Newport , one of the most convenient in the United States , was , whilst in the possession of the Americans , well calculated ...
... supplies thus obtained , most es- sential service to their country in the course of the war . The harbour of Newport , one of the most convenient in the United States , was , whilst in the possession of the Americans , well calculated ...
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... supply them , if possible , with those European articles which from congress had become necessaries . These supplies being unavoidably small , and precarious , indications were soon given of a disposition to take part in the war ...
... supply them , if possible , with those European articles which from congress had become necessaries . These supplies being unavoidably small , and precarious , indications were soon given of a disposition to take part in the war ...
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... supply of provisions allowed them was unsound . In addition to this , they were crowded into prison ships , where , their wants being entirely unattended to , they became the victims of disease . These disgraceful mea- sures were ...
... supply of provisions allowed them was unsound . In addition to this , they were crowded into prison ships , where , their wants being entirely unattended to , they became the victims of disease . These disgraceful mea- sures were ...
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