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 110
Soon afterwards , the governor prorogued the general court . This measure was
accompanied by an angry speech , but little calculated to diminish the
resentments of the house directed personally against him ; resentments
occasioned as well ...
Soon afterwards , the governor prorogued the general court . This measure was
accompanied by an angry speech , but little calculated to diminish the
resentments of the house directed personally against him ; resentments
occasioned as well ...
Page 215
As soon as congress was in readiness to enter May 12 . upon the public business
, mr . Hancock laid before that body the depositions which had been taken for the
purpose of showing that in the battle of Lexington , the king ' s troops were ...
As soon as congress was in readiness to enter May 12 . upon the public business
, mr . Hancock laid before that body the depositions which had been taken for the
purpose of showing that in the battle of Lexington , the king ' s troops were ...
Page 372
This re - enforcement throwing themselves into the houses near the water , and
firing from thence , with their small arms , into the vessels , soon October 25 .
obliged them to retreat precipitately from their stations , with the loss of a few men
and ...
This re - enforcement throwing themselves into the houses near the water , and
firing from thence , with their small arms , into the vessels , soon October 25 .
obliged them to retreat precipitately from their stations , with the loss of a few men
and ...
Page 415
VII . with vigour , so soon as his whole army should 1776 . be collected . In the
latter end of June , he arrived off Sandyhook , in the Grey - hound , and on the
twenty - ninth of that month , the first division of the feet from Halifax reached the
same ...
VII . with vigour , so soon as his whole army should 1776 . be collected . In the
latter end of June , he arrived off Sandyhook , in the Grey - hound , and on the
twenty - ninth of that month , the first division of the feet from Halifax reached the
same ...
Page 520
21 . too was melting away , under the influence of the same fatal cause which
had acted so uni . versally and so banefully , and would soon be Weakness of
almost totally dissolved . General Mercer , who commanded a part of the flying
camp ...
21 . too was melting away , under the influence of the same fatal cause which
had acted so uni . versally and so banefully , and would soon be Weakness of
almost totally dissolved . General Mercer , who commanded a part of the flying
camp ...
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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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