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, Volume 2Richard Phillips, 1804 - Presidents |
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... Difficulty of re - enlisting the Army . Plans for attacking Boston . Possession taken of the Heights of Dorchester . Boston evacuated . CHAPTER V. - Page - 298 Invasion of Canada meditated . The Americans enter that Province . Siege of ...
... Difficulty of re - enlisting the Army . Plans for attacking Boston . Possession taken of the Heights of Dorchester . Boston evacuated . CHAPTER V. - Page - 298 Invasion of Canada meditated . The Americans enter that Province . Siege of ...
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... difficulties of the journey , and the judgment displayed in his con- duct towards the Indians , raised him very much in the public opinion , as well as in that of the lieu- tenant - governor . His journal , drawn up for the inspection ...
... difficulties of the journey , and the judgment displayed in his con- duct towards the Indians , raised him very much in the public opinion , as well as in that of the lieu- tenant - governor . His journal , drawn up for the inspection ...
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... difficulty in getting off the island on the ice in the morning , and went to Mr. Frazier's . We met here with twenty warriors , who were going to the southward to war . But coming to a place on the head of the Great Kanawa , where they ...
... difficulty in getting off the island on the ice in the morning , and went to Mr. Frazier's . We met here with twenty warriors , who were going to the southward to war . But coming to a place on the head of the Great Kanawa , where they ...
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... difficulties of the march , arising from the bad- ness of the roads , and his long train of waggons , in- finitely greater than had been expected , still con- tinued privately to consult Colonel Washington re- specting the measures it ...
... difficulties of the march , arising from the bad- ness of the roads , and his long train of waggons , in- finitely greater than had been expected , still con- tinued privately to consult Colonel Washington re- specting the measures it ...
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... , the extreme posi- tion towards the enemy held by the Americans , where the largest number of troops were stationed , VOL . II . E by by an unfortunate and extraordinary difficulty , growing out of GENERAL WASHINGTON . 49.
... , the extreme posi- tion towards the enemy held by the Americans , where the largest number of troops were stationed , VOL . II . E by by an unfortunate and extraordinary difficulty , growing out of GENERAL WASHINGTON . 49.
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