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. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative, Volume 2J. Crissy, 1845 |
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... carrying the place otherwise than by storm . Unwilling to relinquish a prize he was on the point of obtaining ... carry the fort on the left , should the first succeed . The proper dispositions for this partial assault being made ...
... carrying the place otherwise than by storm . Unwilling to relinquish a prize he was on the point of obtaining ... carry the fort on the left , should the first succeed . The proper dispositions for this partial assault being made ...
Page 16
... carried five British posts , and made upwards of eleven hundred prisoners . Its leader , in the performance of these ervices , displayed a mind of so much fertility of invention and military resource , as to add greatly to his previous ...
... carried five British posts , and made upwards of eleven hundred prisoners . Its leader , in the performance of these ervices , displayed a mind of so much fertility of invention and military resource , as to add greatly to his previous ...
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... carried by large majorities , echoed the sentiment . In the course of the animated debates which these addresses occasion . ed , an intention was indeed avowed by some members of the adminis- tration to change their system . The plan ...
... carried by large majorities , echoed the sentiment . In the course of the animated debates which these addresses occasion . ed , an intention was indeed avowed by some members of the adminis- tration to change their system . The plan ...
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... get rid of this resolution , but was exerted in vain ; and it was carried . An address to the king , in the words of the resolution , was immediately voted , and was presented by the whole house . The answer of the GEORGE WASHINGTON . 29.
... get rid of this resolution , but was exerted in vain ; and it was carried . An address to the king , in the words of the resolution , was immediately voted , and was presented by the whole house . The answer of the GEORGE WASHINGTON . 29.
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... carried its justification with it . The war being transferred to the south at a time when the depreciation of paper money had deprived congress of its only fund , it became indis- pensably necessary to resort more generally to coercive ...
... carried its justification with it . The war being transferred to the south at a time when the depreciation of paper money had deprived congress of its only fund , it became indis- pensably necessary to resort more generally to coercive ...
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