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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... equal conflict with the cavalry who had passed the bridge . These gallant men * finding themselves overpowered by numbers , and that their comrades could not support them , pressed over the causeway , and wheeling into the woods , made ...
... equal conflict with the cavalry who had passed the bridge . These gallant men * finding themselves overpowered by numbers , and that their comrades could not support them , pressed over the causeway , and wheeling into the woods , made ...
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... equal . Nor can the claim of either to the victory be pronounced unequivocal . Unconnected with its consequences , the fortune of the day was nearly balanced . But if the consequences be taken into the account , the vic- tory ...
... equal . Nor can the claim of either to the victory be pronounced unequivocal . Unconnected with its consequences , the fortune of the day was nearly balanced . But if the consequences be taken into the account , the vic- tory ...
Page 25
... equal spirit and intelligence , formed under the eye of Washington , and trained in the school furnished in the severe service of the north , to all the hardships and dangers of war . A peculiar importance was given to these successes ...
... equal spirit and intelligence , formed under the eye of Washington , and trained in the school furnished in the severe service of the north , to all the hardships and dangers of war . A peculiar importance was given to these successes ...
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... equal importance was connected , on which congress was divided almost in the same manner . One party was attached to a state , the other to a continental system . laboured to fund the public debts on solid continental security , while ...
... equal importance was connected , on which congress was divided almost in the same manner . One party was attached to a state , the other to a continental system . laboured to fund the public debts on solid continental security , while ...
Page 52
... my services . " These proceedings of the army produced a concurrence of nine states in favour of a resolution commuting the half pay into a sum in gross March . equal to five years full pay ; immediately 52 THE LIFE OF.
... my services . " These proceedings of the army produced a concurrence of nine states in favour of a resolution commuting the half pay into a sum in gross March . equal to five years full pay ; immediately 52 THE LIFE OF.
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