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 2Richard Phillips, 1804 |
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... considerable extent , paek - horses instead of waggons for the baggage of the army . This advice was at first rejected ; but soon after the commencement of the march , its propriety became too obvious to be longer neglected , and ...
... considerable extent , paek - horses instead of waggons for the baggage of the army . This advice was at first rejected ; but soon after the commencement of the march , its propriety became too obvious to be longer neglected , and ...
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... considerable degree ascribed to the too great and ill - judged parsimony of the Assembly . Only eightpence per day was allowed to the soldiers , out of which twopence was stopped for clothes . This pay was inferior to what was allowed ...
... considerable degree ascribed to the too great and ill - judged parsimony of the Assembly . Only eightpence per day was allowed to the soldiers , out of which twopence was stopped for clothes . This pay was inferior to what was allowed ...
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... , without just conceptions of the situation or real interests of the colony , fre- quently deranged his systems by orders which could * not be executed without considerable hazard and inconvenience . I not GENERAL WASHINGTON . 63.
... , without just conceptions of the situation or real interests of the colony , fre- quently deranged his systems by orders which could * not be executed without considerable hazard and inconvenience . I not GENERAL WASHINGTON . 63.
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... considerable hazard and inconvenience . He could not always restrain his chagrin at such occasions ; and on one of them he observed , in a letter to an intimate friend , and a person of great influence " Whence it arises , or why , I am ...
... considerable hazard and inconvenience . He could not always restrain his chagrin at such occasions ; and on one of them he observed , in a letter to an intimate friend , and a person of great influence " Whence it arises , or why , I am ...
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... considerable than Virginia can sup- port posted on our frontiers ; if we still adhere for the next campaign to our destructive defensive schemes , there will not , I dare affirm , be one soul living on this side the Blue Ridge the ...
... considerable than Virginia can sup- port posted on our frontiers ; if we still adhere for the next campaign to our destructive defensive schemes , there will not , I dare affirm , be one soul living on this side the Blue Ridge the ...
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