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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... arrive at Boston .... Reso- lutions of the house of burgesses of Virginia .... The governor dissolves the assembly .... The members form and sign a non - importation association .... Measures ge- nerally taken against the importation of ...
... arrive at Boston .... Reso- lutions of the house of burgesses of Virginia .... The governor dissolves the assembly .... The members form and sign a non - importation association .... Measures ge- nerally taken against the importation of ...
Page vii
... arrive before New York .... Circular letter of lord Howe .... State of the American army .... The enemy land in force on Long island .... Battle of Brooklyn and evacuation of Long island .... Fruitless negotiations .... New York ...
... arrive before New York .... Circular letter of lord Howe .... State of the American army .... The enemy land in force on Long island .... Battle of Brooklyn and evacuation of Long island .... Fruitless negotiations .... New York ...
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... arrived on the 14th of November at Wills ' creek , then the extreme frontier settlement of to the French the English . Guides were there engaged to conduct him over the Alleghany mountains , the passage of which , at that season of the ...
... arrived on the 14th of November at Wills ' creek , then the extreme frontier settlement of to the French the English . Guides were there engaged to conduct him over the Alleghany mountains , the passage of which , at that season of the ...
Page 6
... arrival at that place , he was visited by some friendly Indians , who informed him that the French had dispossessed a party of workmen employed by the Ohio company to erect a fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were ...
... arrival at that place , he was visited by some friendly Indians , who informed him that the French had dispossessed a party of workmen employed by the Ohio company to erect a fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were ...
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... arrived at the same place , the one from South Carolina , and the other from New York , making in the whole , ( for the Virginia regiment was not complete ) somewhat less than four hundred effective men . The regular captains objected ...
... arrived at the same place , the one from South Carolina , and the other from New York , making in the whole , ( for the Virginia regiment was not complete ) somewhat less than four hundred effective men . The regular captains objected ...
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