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 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... possible exertions were made by the Virginia regiment to protect the inhabitants , but it was impossible . The force was inadequate to the object , and it became every day more and more apparent , that this defensive mode of conducting ...
... possible exertions were made by the Virginia regiment to protect the inhabitants , but it was impossible . The force was inadequate to the object , and it became every day more and more apparent , that this defensive mode of conducting ...
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... possible for me to con- vey a just sense of the posture of our affairs ; it would be vanity to attempt it . I therefore content myself with entreating you to use your influence to prevent such delays as we have hitherto met with , if ...
... possible for me to con- vey a just sense of the posture of our affairs ; it would be vanity to attempt it . I therefore content myself with entreating you to use your influence to prevent such delays as we have hitherto met with , if ...
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... possible that colonel ...... ; for my belief is staggered ; not being conscious of hav- ing given the least cause to any one , much less to that gentleman , to reflect so grossly ; I say if it be possible that could descend so low , as ...
... possible that colonel ...... ; for my belief is staggered ; not being conscious of hav- ing given the least cause to any one , much less to that gentleman , to reflect so grossly ; I say if it be possible that could descend so low , as ...
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... possible activity , he stated , that by delay they would lose a body of friendly Indians , who had collected at Winchester , during the month of April , to the amount of seven hundred men , and would , he apprehended , return to their ...
... possible activity , he stated , that by delay they would lose a body of friendly Indians , who had collected at Winchester , during the month of April , to the amount of seven hundred men , and would , he apprehended , return to their ...
Seite 87
... Combinations against its execution were every where formed ; and the utmost exertions were used to render as diffusive as possible , a knowledge of the per- CHAP . II . nicious consequences which must flow from GEORGE WASHINGTON . 87.
... Combinations against its execution were every where formed ; and the utmost exertions were used to render as diffusive as possible , a knowledge of the per- CHAP . II . nicious consequences which must flow from GEORGE WASHINGTON . 87.
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