Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 pages |
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... executed - Letter of General Washington on the State of the Army - Congress adopts a Military Establishment for the War - The Army goes into Winter Quarters 235 CHAPTER VIII . Arnold is appointed a Brigadier in the British service , and ...
... executed - Letter of General Washington on the State of the Army - Congress adopts a Military Establishment for the War - The Army goes into Winter Quarters 235 CHAPTER VIII . Arnold is appointed a Brigadier in the British service , and ...
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... for actual service , at nineteen he was appointed one of the adjutant generals of Virginia , with the rank of major ; from the execution of the duties of this commission , honourable to his age , he was soon 2 [ 1742 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... for actual service , at nineteen he was appointed one of the adjutant generals of Virginia , with the rank of major ; from the execution of the duties of this commission , honourable to his age , he was soon 2 [ 1742 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... execute the trust reposed in him , he thus spiritedly replied to the charge , in a letter to an influential friend . " Whence it arises , or why , I am ignorant ; but my strongest representations of matters relative to the peace of the ...
... execute the trust reposed in him , he thus spiritedly replied to the charge , in a letter to an influential friend . " Whence it arises , or why , I am ignorant ; but my strongest representations of matters relative to the peace of the ...
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... executed . [ Nov. 25 , 1758. ] In slow and laborious marches , Ge- neral Forbes reached du Quesne , and found that the French , on the evening preceding his arrival , had set fire to this fort , and had passed in their boats down the ...
... executed . [ Nov. 25 , 1758. ] In slow and laborious marches , Ge- neral Forbes reached du Quesne , and found that the French , on the evening preceding his arrival , had set fire to this fort , and had passed in their boats down the ...
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... executed , unanimously and solemnly resolved , to support him with their lives and fortunes , as the general of their army , in the defence of their country . General Washington instantly prepared to enter upon the eventful duties of ...
... executed , unanimously and solemnly resolved , to support him with their lives and fortunes , as the general of their army , in the defence of their country . General Washington instantly prepared to enter upon the eventful duties of ...
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