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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... thousand British and German troops , and a regi- ment of artillery under general Philips , with the finest train ever sent over from England , and a large body of Canadians . It was also a part of the plan , that sir John Johnson was to ...
... thousand British and German troops , and a regi- ment of artillery under general Philips , with the finest train ever sent over from England , and a large body of Canadians . It was also a part of the plan , that sir John Johnson was to ...
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... thousand men . Care had been taken to lay in a sufficient stock of provisions , and to strengthen the works very considerably . Application was made to general Washington for directions for calling in a re - enforcement of militia ...
... thousand men . Care had been taken to lay in a sufficient stock of provisions , and to strengthen the works very considerably . Application was made to general Washington for directions for calling in a re - enforcement of militia ...
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... thousand men , were commanded by general sir Henry Clinton , and the fleet to be employed in this service , was intrusted to sir Peter Parker . They sailed from New York about the last of November , and without any material opposition ...
... thousand men , were commanded by general sir Henry Clinton , and the fleet to be employed in this service , was intrusted to sir Peter Parker . They sailed from New York about the last of November , and without any material opposition ...
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... thousand men , under general Lincoln , had been ordered immediately to join him . Their march , as well as the march of the militia of Connecticut , was for a time suspended , for the purpose of watching the enemy in Rhode Island ...
... thousand men , under general Lincoln , had been ordered immediately to join him . Their march , as well as the march of the militia of Connecticut , was for a time suspended , for the purpose of watching the enemy in Rhode Island ...
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... thousand dollars ; but the principal advantage contemplated was , to draw in a large sum of continental money by the sales of the tickets , to retain with the consent of the suc- cessful adventurers , the small prizes in each class ...
... thousand dollars ; but the principal advantage contemplated was , to draw in a large sum of continental money by the sales of the tickets , to retain with the consent of the suc- cessful adventurers , the small prizes in each class ...
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