Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 pages |
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... Army anxious for their pay - Anonymous Address exciting them to a revolt - Gene- ral Washington convenes and addresses the Officers -- Their b resolutions - Preliminary Articles of Peace received - Cessa tion CONTENTS . ix.
... Army anxious for their pay - Anonymous Address exciting them to a revolt - Gene- ral Washington convenes and addresses the Officers -- Their b resolutions - Preliminary Articles of Peace received - Cessa tion CONTENTS . ix.
Page x
Aaron Bancroft. resolutions - Preliminary Articles of Peace received - Cessa tion of hostilities proclaimed - General Washington addresses a Circular Letter to the Executives of the several States- Army disbanded - New Levies of ...
Aaron Bancroft. resolutions - Preliminary Articles of Peace received - Cessa tion of hostilities proclaimed - General Washington addresses a Circular Letter to the Executives of the several States- Army disbanded - New Levies of ...
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... peace to our unhappy frontiers . " On condition that the assembly should persist in the scheme of defensive warfare , he presented to the Governor a plan for his opinion . This was to establish twenty - two forts , reaching from the ...
... peace to our unhappy frontiers . " On condition that the assembly should persist in the scheme of defensive warfare , he presented to the Governor a plan for his opinion . This was to establish twenty - two forts , reaching from the ...
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... peace of the frontiers are disregarded as idle and frivolous ; my propositions and mea- sures , as partial and selfish ; and all my sincerest endeavours for the service of my country , per- verted to the worst purposes . My orders are ...
... peace of the frontiers are disregarded as idle and frivolous ; my propositions and mea- sures , as partial and selfish ; and all my sincerest endeavours for the service of my country , per- verted to the worst purposes . My orders are ...
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... peace , liberty and safety . " The British army , at this time , commanded by General Gage , was strongly posted in three divi- sions ; on Bunker's Hill , a mile from the ferry of Charles's River , on Cop's Hill , in Boston , and on ...
... peace , liberty and safety . " The British army , at this time , commanded by General Gage , was strongly posted in three divi- sions ; on Bunker's Hill , a mile from the ferry of Charles's River , on Cop's Hill , in Boston , and on ...
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