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 3C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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... fort Mifflin .... Attack upon Red Bank .... Colonel Donop killed , and his party repulsed with considerable loss .... The Augusta frigate blows up .... General Washington takes post at White Marsh .... Fort Mifflin evacuated , and ...
... fort Mifflin .... Attack upon Red Bank .... Colonel Donop killed , and his party repulsed with considerable loss .... The Augusta frigate blows up .... General Washington takes post at White Marsh .... Fort Mifflin evacuated , and ...
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... fort Mifflin .... Attack upon Red Bank .... Colonel Donop killed , and his party repulsed with considerable loss .... The Augusta frigate blows up .... General Washington takes post at White Marsh .... Fort Mifflin evacuated , and ...
... fort Mifflin .... Attack upon Red Bank .... Colonel Donop killed , and his party repulsed with considerable loss .... The Augusta frigate blows up .... General Washington takes post at White Marsh .... Fort Mifflin evacuated , and ...
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... fort Mifflin , the name given to the fort on Mud island , rendered it extremely difficult for him to forage in Jersey , or to draw any provisions from that state . General Washington with the continental army hoped to be able so to cut ...
... fort Mifflin , the name given to the fort on Mud island , rendered it extremely difficult for him to forage in Jersey , or to draw any provisions from that state . General Washington with the continental army hoped to be able so to cut ...
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... fort Mifflin . Sept. 27 . Sept. 28 . The day after lord Cornwallis had entered Philadelphia , three batteries were commenced for the purpose of acting against any American shipping which might appear before the town . Before their ...
... fort Mifflin . Sept. 27 . Sept. 28 . The day after lord Cornwallis had entered Philadelphia , three batteries were commenced for the purpose of acting against any American shipping which might appear before the town . Before their ...
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... forts ; or , if he should fail in that object , of being enabled either again to attack them , while weakened by ... fort Mifflin from the Pennsylvania shore . Some batteries were fort Mifflin erected at the mouth of the Schuylkill ...
... forts ; or , if he should fail in that object , of being enabled either again to attack them , while weakened by ... fort Mifflin from the Pennsylvania shore . Some batteries were fort Mifflin erected at the mouth of the Schuylkill ...
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