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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... Jerseys .... Council of war called by general Washington , decide against attacking the ene- my on their march .... The opinion of the general against this decision .... He attacks the enemy at Monmouth court - house .... The action ...
... Jerseys .... Council of war called by general Washington , decide against attacking the ene- my on their march .... The opinion of the general against this decision .... He attacks the enemy at Monmouth court - house .... The action ...
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... Jersey , whose terms of ser- vice expired in October . If their aid could have been depended on , the place could not have been taken without great loss . But this circumstance certainly rendered the situation of the army extremely ...
... Jersey , whose terms of ser- vice expired in October . If their aid could have been depended on , the place could not have been taken without great loss . But this circumstance certainly rendered the situation of the army extremely ...
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... Jersey and Pennsylvania . Indeed , it might well be supposed , that by creating a diversion in that quarter , and alarming those states for their own safety , their attention would be parti- cularly directed to the protection of ...
... Jersey and Pennsylvania . Indeed , it might well be supposed , that by creating a diversion in that quarter , and alarming those states for their own safety , their attention would be parti- cularly directed to the protection of ...
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... Jerseys , with an army daily diminishing in its numbers , general Washington had called on Massachus- setts for a re - enforcement of militia , and six thousand men , under general Lincoln , had been ordered immediately to join him ...
... Jerseys , with an army daily diminishing in its numbers , general Washington had called on Massachus- setts for a re - enforcement of militia , and six thousand men , under general Lincoln , had been ordered immediately to join him ...
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... Jerseys afforded corps of regulars equal to their quotas in the American army . The orders issued by general Howe on first taking possession of that country , assured his army that they were to consider themselves among friends , and ...
... Jerseys afforded corps of regulars equal to their quotas in the American army . The orders issued by general Howe on first taking possession of that country , assured his army that they were to consider themselves among friends , and ...
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