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 Honourable 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, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2 |
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I . He commenced his journey from Williams1753 . burg , the day on which he
was commissioned , and arrived on the 14th of November at Wills ' creek , then
the extreme frontier settlement of to the French the English . Guides were there ...
I . He commenced his journey from Williams1753 . burg , the day on which he
was commissioned , and arrived on the 14th of November at Wills ' creek , then
the extreme frontier settlement of to the French the English . Guides were there ...
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Donville , an ensign in the French service was killed , and in his pocket were
found the orders given him by Dumas , the commandant on the Ohio , in which he
was directed to pass fort Cumberland , to harass the convoys , and , if possible ,
to ...
Donville , an ensign in the French service was killed , and in his pocket were
found the orders given him by Dumas , the commandant on the Ohio , in which he
was directed to pass fort Cumberland , to harass the convoys , and , if possible ,
to ...
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Robert Dinwiddie , esq . governor , & c . of Virginia , to visit and deliver a letter to
the commandant of the French forces on the Ohio , and set out on the intended
journey on the same day : the next , I arrived at Fredericksburg , and engaged mr
.
Robert Dinwiddie , esq . governor , & c . of Virginia , to visit and deliver a letter to
the commandant of the French forces on the Ohio , and set out on the intended
journey on the same day : the next , I arrived at Fredericksburg , and engaged mr
.
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you , that I am sent with all possible dispatch , to visit , and deliver a letter to the
French commandant , of very great importance to your brothers the English ; and I
dare say to you , their friends and allies . “ I was desired , brothers , by your ...
you , that I am sent with all possible dispatch , to visit , and deliver a letter to the
French commandant , of very great importance to your brothers the English ; and I
dare say to you , their friends and allies . “ I was desired , brothers , by your ...
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He delivered in my hearing the speech that was to be made to the French by
Jeskakake one of their old chiefs , which was giving up the belt the late
commandant had asked for , and repeating nearly the same speech he himself
had done ...
He delivered in my hearing the speech that was to be made to the French by
Jeskakake one of their old chiefs , which was giving up the belt the late
commandant had asked for , and repeating nearly the same speech he himself
had done ...
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| Title | 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 Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is ..., Volume 2 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 Honourable 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, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Bushrod Washington |
| Author | John Marshall |
| Publisher | C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2007 |
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