The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 pages |
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... body of his coun- trymen an authentic biography of General Washington . Judge Marshall , in his valuable life of this illustrious patriot , has embraced not only the settlement and ge- neral history of the North American Colonies , but ...
... body of his coun- trymen an authentic biography of General Washington . Judge Marshall , in his valuable life of this illustrious patriot , has embraced not only the settlement and ge- neral history of the North American Colonies , but ...
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... body consisting of eight hundred French and four hundred Indians , would immediately march to attack the English . The previous information of deserters from the euemy confirmed the Indian's report . The troops had been already six days ...
... body consisting of eight hundred French and four hundred Indians , would immediately march to attack the English . The previous information of deserters from the euemy confirmed the Indian's report . The troops had been already six days ...
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... body General Braddock himself took the command , leaving Colonel Dun- bar to bring up the other division by slow marches . Gen. Braddock with his disencumbered troops did not move with the expedition that accorded with the enterprising ...
... body General Braddock himself took the command , leaving Colonel Dun- bar to bring up the other division by slow marches . Gen. Braddock with his disencumbered troops did not move with the expedition that accorded with the enterprising ...
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... body of inhabitants had combined with me in executing the deceitful fraud . Or , why did they , almost to a man , forsake their dwellings in the greatest terror and confusion ? and while one half of them sought shelter in paltry forts ...
... body of inhabitants had combined with me in executing the deceitful fraud . Or , why did they , almost to a man , forsake their dwellings in the greatest terror and confusion ? and while one half of them sought shelter in paltry forts ...
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... body of Indians at Winchester , was verified ; before the campaign opened , their patience was exhausted , and they re- tired to their homes . It was confidently expected that the army would march by Braddock's road , which needed only ...
... body of Indians at Winchester , was verified ; before the campaign opened , their patience was exhausted , and they re- tired to their homes . It was confidently expected that the army would march by Braddock's road , which needed only ...
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