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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Page 22
... importance of devising proper means to retain the few Indians , not yet detached from the interest of the English by the French ; the necessity of a more effectual militia law ; and of an act to establish a complete system of martial ...
... importance of devising proper means to retain the few Indians , not yet detached from the interest of the English by the French ; the necessity of a more effectual militia law ; and of an act to establish a complete system of martial ...
Page 58
... importance , in the country through which the troops were to be conducted , that he strongly urged general Forbes to dispatch a confidential person to the Cherokee towns , in order to cultivate their good will , and to prevail on them ...
... importance , in the country through which the troops were to be conducted , that he strongly urged general Forbes to dispatch a confidential person to the Cherokee towns , in order to cultivate their good will , and to prevail on them ...
Page 61
... important blow . Its being deferred to another year , would , he was morally certain , be pro- ductive of the most destructive consequences to the middle and southern colonies , who had now made a noble effort towards ending the ...
... important blow . Its being deferred to another year , would , he was morally certain , be pro- ductive of the most destructive consequences to the middle and southern colonies , who had now made a noble effort towards ending the ...
Page 69
... important to the middle and southern provinces , was entirely to be attributed to the British fleet , which had intercepted a consider- able part of the re - enforcements designed by France for her colonies , and to the success of the ...
... important to the middle and southern provinces , was entirely to be attributed to the British fleet , which had intercepted a consider- able part of the re - enforcements designed by France for her colonies , and to the success of the ...
Page 90
... important objects for which they had convened . The first measure of the congress was a declaration * of the rights and grievances of the colonists . This paper asserts them to be entitled to all the rights and liberties of natural born ...
... important objects for which they had convened . The first measure of the congress was a declaration * of the rights and grievances of the colonists . This paper asserts them to be entitled to all the rights and liberties of natural born ...
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