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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... passing into laws , letters had been received from Lord Howe and Sir Henry Clinton , inclosing the acts themselves , to which Congress returned the following answer : 66 MY LORD , " I have had the honour to lay your Lordship's letter of ...
... passing into laws , letters had been received from Lord Howe and Sir Henry Clinton , inclosing the acts themselves , to which Congress returned the following answer : 66 MY LORD , " I have had the honour to lay your Lordship's letter of ...
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... passing into laws , letters had been received from Lord Howe and Sir Henry Clinton , inclosing the acts themselves , to which Congress returned the following answer : 66 MY LORD , " I have had the honour to lay your Lordship's letter of ...
... passing into laws , letters had been received from Lord Howe and Sir Henry Clinton , inclosing the acts themselves , to which Congress returned the following answer : 66 MY LORD , " I have had the honour to lay your Lordship's letter of ...
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... passed through , the committee again at- tended on him to his house ; and , in the afternoon , a very elegant entertainment was given him by Congress , to which the public characters in Phila- delphia , and several strangers of ...
... passed through , the committee again at- tended on him to his house ; and , in the afternoon , a very elegant entertainment was given him by Congress , to which the public characters in Phila- delphia , and several strangers of ...
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... passed over to Wilkesborough , 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 ...
... passed over to Wilkesborough , 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 ...
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... passed , directing General Washington to take measures for preventing the enemy from occupy- ing a post at Chemung , and for repelling the inva sions of the savages on the frontiers of New York , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania . The ...
... passed , directing General Washington to take measures for preventing the enemy from occupy- ing a post at Chemung , and for repelling the inva sions of the savages on the frontiers of New York , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania . The ...
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