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 Hon. 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, Volume 4Richard Phillips, 1805 - Presidents |
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... continental army , besides garrisons for the forts they had erected in their country for their own se- curity . Unfortunately , they had not been exempted from those political divisions , which , carried to an excess , poison the source ...
... continental army , besides garrisons for the forts they had erected in their country for their own se- curity . Unfortunately , they had not been exempted from those political divisions , which , carried to an excess , poison the source ...
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... , which was surrendered without resistance . This effort to mollify the revengeful fury which go- * Gordon . Ramsay . + Ibid . verned him was unavailing . The continental soldiers , amounting verned GENERAL WASHINGTON . 27.
... , which was surrendered without resistance . This effort to mollify the revengeful fury which go- * Gordon . Ramsay . + Ibid . verned him was unavailing . The continental soldiers , amounting verned GENERAL WASHINGTON . 27.
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... continental soldiers , amounting to about seventy , were hacked to pieces . The remaining men , with the women and children , shared the fate of their brethren in Kingston . They perished in the flames . All show of resistance was now ...
... continental soldiers , amounting to about seventy , were hacked to pieces . The remaining men , with the women and children , shared the fate of their brethren in Kingston . They perished in the flames . All show of resistance was now ...
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... continental regi- ment . A serjeant with a small patrole was cut off , in consequence of which the colonel was complete- ly surprised . In attempting to gain the fort he was killed with ten of his soldiers , and the lieute- nant ...
... continental regi- ment . A serjeant with a small patrole was cut off , in consequence of which the colonel was complete- ly surprised . In attempting to gain the fort he was killed with ten of his soldiers , and the lieute- nant ...
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... continental troops , aided by a few hundred militia , had taken post in the neighbourhood of the town of Savannah , then the capital of Georgia , situated on the southern bank of the river bearing that name . The country about the mouth ...
... continental troops , aided by a few hundred militia , had taken post in the neighbourhood of the town of Savannah , then the capital of Georgia , situated on the southern bank of the river bearing that name . The country about the mouth ...
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