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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Page 99
He laid the application before his council who advised that , “ in pursuance of the
act of parliament , ” the supplies required should be furnished . They were
furnished , and the money , amounting to about sixty pounds sterling , drawn from
the ...
He laid the application before his council who advised that , “ in pursuance of the
act of parliament , ” the supplies required should be furnished . They were
furnished , and the money , amounting to about sixty pounds sterling , drawn from
the ...
Page 144
That , on the application of the council for the removal of the troops , colonel
Dalrymple their commanding officer , had engaged that the twenty - ninth
regiment , which had been concerned in the affair , should be marched to the
castle , and ...
That , on the application of the council for the removal of the troops , colonel
Dalrymple their commanding officer , had engaged that the twenty - ninth
regiment , which had been concerned in the affair , should be marched to the
castle , and ...
Page 249
army , called a council of war to deliberate on CHAP . IV . it . In this council it was
unanimously deter . 1775 . mined to maintain their present position . The effect
which a change of it would have had on both armies , and on public opinion ; the
...
army , called a council of war to deliberate on CHAP . IV . it . In this council it was
unanimously deter . 1775 . mined to maintain their present position . The effect
which a change of it would have had on both armies , and on public opinion ; the
...
Page 508
In this council it was determined unanimously , that , should general Howe
continue his march towards New York , all the troops raised on the west side of
the Hudson , should cross that river , to be afterwards fol . lowed by the eastern
troops ...
In this council it was determined unanimously , that , should general Howe
continue his march towards New York , all the troops raised on the west side of
the Hudson , should cross that river , to be afterwards fol . lowed by the eastern
troops ...
Page 38
... has given a false and highly injurious representation of the conduct of his
majesty ' s truly loyal and faithful council of this colony , and of the magistrates ,
overseers of the poor , and inhabitants of the town of Boston , tending to bring on
these ...
... has given a false and highly injurious representation of the conduct of his
majesty ' s truly loyal and faithful council of this colony , and of the magistrates ,
overseers of the poor , and inhabitants of the town of Boston , tending to bring on
these ...
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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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