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 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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... conduct in this battle was universally extolled , and the common opinion of his countrymen was , that , had his advice been pursued , the destruction of the day had been avoided . The assembly , which was in session when the ...
... conduct in this battle was universally extolled , and the common opinion of his countrymen was , that , had his advice been pursued , the destruction of the day had been avoided . The assembly , which was in session when the ...
Page 34
... conduct me up Jackson's river along the range of forts . With this small company of irregulars , with whom order , regularity , circumspection , and vigilance , were matters of derision and contempt ; we set out , and by the protection ...
... conduct me up Jackson's river along the range of forts . With this small company of irregulars , with whom order , regularity , circumspection , and vigilance , were matters of derision and contempt ; we set out , and by the protection ...
Page 42
... conduct , but more especially from my reiterated representations , how strongly I have urged the governor and assembly to pursue different measures , and laboured to convince them by all the reasoning I was capable of offering , of the ...
... conduct , but more especially from my reiterated representations , how strongly I have urged the governor and assembly to pursue different measures , and laboured to convince them by all the reasoning I was capable of offering , of the ...
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... conduct of the war , as well as the safety of his own country . In a letter written about this time to colonel Stanwix , who commanded in the middle colonies , he says , " you will excuse me , sir , for saying , that I think there never ...
... conduct of the war , as well as the safety of his own country . In a letter written about this time to colonel Stanwix , who commanded in the middle colonies , he says , " you will excuse me , sir , for saying , that I think there never ...
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... conducting the war , by covering an immense frontier with a small scattered regular force , and occasional aid from the militia , was most injudiciously chosen . Vast numbers of the people were killed , and the parties sent out to fight ...
... conducting the war , by covering an immense frontier with a small scattered regular force , and occasional aid from the militia , was most injudiciously chosen . Vast numbers of the people were killed , and the parties sent out to fight ...
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