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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Doctor Governor Franklin , the agent for several of the colonies , a and among
others for Massachussetts , by some stration sent unknown means , obtained
possession of the tor Franklin . letters which had been addressed by governor ...
Doctor Governor Franklin , the agent for several of the colonies , a and among
others for Massachussetts , by some stration sent unknown means , obtained
possession of the tor Franklin . letters which had been addressed by governor ...
Page 346
Whilst congress were thus adopting means for the preservation of a colony
believed to be already annexed to the union , the melancholy January 17 .
intelligence was received , of the disaster of the 31st December . The necessity of
making ...
Whilst congress were thus adopting means for the preservation of a colony
believed to be already annexed to the union , the melancholy January 17 .
intelligence was received , of the disaster of the 31st December . The necessity of
making ...
Page 509
means to close the campaign , and to sit down CHAP . ... Jerseys , and , as soon
as I am satisfied that the present manĉuvre is real , and not a feint , I shall use all
the means in my power to forward a part of our force to counteract his designs .
means to close the campaign , and to sit down CHAP . ... Jerseys , and , as soon
as I am satisfied that the present manĉuvre is real , and not a feint , I shall use all
the means in my power to forward a part of our force to counteract his designs .
Page 532
Having made this arrangement of his troops , he waited in the anxious hope of
receiving reenforcements ; and , in the mean time , watched every motion of the
enemy with the utmost vigilance , used all the means he could devise to obtain ...
Having made this arrangement of his troops , he waited in the anxious hope of
receiving reenforcements ; and , in the mean time , watched every motion of the
enemy with the utmost vigilance , used all the means he could devise to obtain ...
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C . D . 3d , that by such emigration they by no means forfeited , surrendered , or
lost any of those rights , but that they were , and their descendants now are ,
entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them , as their local and other
...
C . D . 3d , that by such emigration they by no means forfeited , surrendered , or
lost any of those rights , but that they were , and their descendants now are ,
entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them , as their local and other
...
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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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