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 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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... attention of mr . Dinwiddie , the lieutenant governor of that province , was attracted by these supposed Se encroachments , and he deemed it his duty to demand , in the name of the king his master , that they should desist from the ...
... attention of mr . Dinwiddie , the lieutenant governor of that province , was attracted by these supposed Se encroachments , and he deemed it his duty to demand , in the name of the king his master , that they should desist from the ...
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... attention to the avocations of pri- vate life . This resolution was not long main- tained . 1755 . March . General Braddock being informed of his merit , his knowledge of the country which was to be the theatre of action , and his ...
... attention to the avocations of pri- vate life . This resolution was not long main- tained . 1755 . March . General Braddock being informed of his merit , his knowledge of the country which was to be the theatre of action , and his ...
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... attention to the preser- vation of these colonies . " Again writing to the lieutenant governor , he says , " the last alarm occasioned a great many of the inhabi tants of this country to go off . Vast numbers are still moving . I fear ...
... attention to the preser- vation of these colonies . " Again writing to the lieutenant governor , he says , " the last alarm occasioned a great many of the inhabi tants of this country to go off . Vast numbers are still moving . I fear ...
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... attention . Impelled by these and other motives of a private nature , he determined to withdraw from a service , which he believed he might now quit without dishonour ; and , about the close of the Resignation year , he resigned his ...
... attention . Impelled by these and other motives of a private nature , he determined to withdraw from a service , which he believed he might now quit without dishonour ; and , about the close of the Resignation year , he resigned his ...
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... attention of the minister was then turned to a plan of taxation by authority of parliament ; and it will be recollected that a system was devised and recommended by him , as a substitute for the articles of union digested and agreed on ...
... attention of the minister was then turned to a plan of taxation by authority of parliament ; and it will be recollected that a system was devised and recommended by him , as a substitute for the articles of union digested and agreed on ...
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