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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Page vii
... Measures adopted by the Commander in Chief to obtain Supplies - Methods taken to recruit the Army - Sir Henry Clinton appointed Commander in Chief of the British Forces . He evacuates Philadelphia , and marches through New Jersey to New ...
... Measures adopted by the Commander in Chief to obtain Supplies - Methods taken to recruit the Army - Sir Henry Clinton appointed Commander in Chief of the British Forces . He evacuates Philadelphia , and marches through New Jersey to New ...
Page xii
... General Washington appointed Commander in Chief of the American Forces - His opinion of Public Measures - His Indisposition and Death - Conclusion 473 J i LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON . CHAPTER I. His Birth - CONTENTS .
... General Washington appointed Commander in Chief of the American Forces - His opinion of Public Measures - His Indisposition and Death - Conclusion 473 J i LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON . CHAPTER I. His Birth - CONTENTS .
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... measures to secure , he engaged as guides , with them , ascended the Alleghany river , and at the mouth of French Creek found the first French post . Proceeding up the creck to another fort , he met Monsieur le Gardeur de St. Pierre ...
... measures to secure , he engaged as guides , with them , ascended the Alleghany river , and at the mouth of French Creek found the first French post . Proceeding up the creck to another fort , he met Monsieur le Gardeur de St. Pierre ...
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... measures to main- tain the claims of the British crown . They em- powered the executive of the Colony to raise a regiment to consist of three hundred men . Mr. Fry , a gentleman acquainted with the western country , was appointed to ...
... measures to main- tain the claims of the British crown . They em- powered the executive of the Colony to raise a regiment to consist of three hundred men . Mr. Fry , a gentleman acquainted with the western country , was appointed to ...
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... measures to be adopted to secure the success of the expedition . He earnestly recommended that the heavy artillery and baggage should be left under the charge of a subaltern officer ; and that the commander - in- chief , with the flower ...
... measures to be adopted to secure the success of the expedition . He earnestly recommended that the heavy artillery and baggage should be left under the charge of a subaltern officer ; and that the commander - in- chief , with the flower ...
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