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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... means considerable , his youth was employed in useful industry ; and in the practice of his profession as a surveyor , he had an opportunity of acquiring that informa- tion respecting vacant lands , and of forming those opinions ...
... means considerable , his youth was employed in useful industry ; and in the practice of his profession as a surveyor , he had an opportunity of acquiring that informa- tion respecting vacant lands , and of forming those opinions ...
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... means for securing , to accompany him ; he ascended the Alleghany river ; and at the mouth of French creek , found the first fort occupied by the troops of France . Proceeding further up the creek to another fort , he was re- ceived by ...
... means for securing , to accompany him ; he ascended the Alleghany river ; and at the mouth of French creek , found the first fort occupied by the troops of France . Proceeding further up the creek to another fort , he was re- ceived by ...
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... means of moving , or with those supplies for a winter campaign , which are so particularly necessary in the severe climate where they were about to act . consideration , directions were given for the immediate completion of the regiment ...
... means of moving , or with those supplies for a winter campaign , which are so particularly necessary in the severe climate where they were about to act . consideration , directions were given for the immediate completion of the regiment ...
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... means , they employed four days in reaching the great crossings of the Yohogany , only nineteen miles from the Little Meadows ... Here , the situation of colonel Washington , and the medicines which had been administered to him ...
... means , they employed four days in reaching the great crossings of the Yohogany , only nineteen miles from the Little Meadows ... Here , the situation of colonel Washington , and the medicines which had been administered to him ...
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... means should be used to bring him up with the detachment in front , before it reached fort du Quesne . July 8 . The day before the action of the Mononga- hela , he rejoined the general in a covered waggon ; an account of which has been ...
... means should be used to bring him up with the detachment in front , before it reached fort du Quesne . July 8 . The day before the action of the Mononga- hela , he rejoined the general in a covered waggon ; an account of which has been ...
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