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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... situation , " said he , in a letter to the lieutenant governor , " I know their danger , and participate their sufferings , without having it in my power to give them further relief than uncertain promises . In short , I see inevitable ...
... situation , " said he , in a letter to the lieutenant governor , " I know their danger , and participate their sufferings , without having it in my power to give them further relief than uncertain promises . In short , I see inevitable ...
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... situation , and stated the number of men which would be necessary to garrison the chain of forts , which must be indispensably kept up , so long as the French maintained their position on the Ohio . In making this statement , he ...
... situation , and stated the number of men which would be necessary to garrison the chain of forts , which must be indispensably kept up , so long as the French maintained their position on the Ohio . In making this statement , he ...
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... situation of the inhabitants , that the assembly requested the governor , to order out half the militia of the adjoining counties to their relief : and the attorney general , ( mr . Peyton Randolph ) formed a company of one hundred ...
... situation of the inhabitants , that the assembly requested the governor , to order out half the militia of the adjoining counties to their relief : and the attorney general , ( mr . Peyton Randolph ) formed a company of one hundred ...
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... situation of Virginia , and the active force she could now employ , that so lately as in the year 1756 , the Blue Ridge had become her frontier , and that she found immense diffi- culty in completing a single regiment to protect the ...
... situation of Virginia , and the active force she could now employ , that so lately as in the year 1756 , the Blue Ridge had become her frontier , and that she found immense diffi- culty in completing a single regiment to protect the ...
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... situation in which he found the country , which ought not to be omitted . " From fort Trial , " said he , " on Smith's river , I returned to fort William on the Catawba , where I met colonel Buchanan with about thirty men , chiefly ...
... situation in which he found the country , which ought not to be omitted . " From fort Trial , " said he , " on Smith's river , I returned to fort William on the Catawba , where I met colonel Buchanan with about thirty men , chiefly ...
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