The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War: And the First President of the United States, Band 2T. Bedington, 1831 |
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... engaged , but the siege was not protracted . By the afternoon of the 16th the British works sunk under the fire of the batteries of the second parallel ; in the whole front attacked , they could not show a single gun , and their shells ...
... engaged , but the siege was not protracted . By the afternoon of the 16th the British works sunk under the fire of the batteries of the second parallel ; in the whole front attacked , they could not show a single gun , and their shells ...
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... engaged to secure a com- pensation for those services which were the means to establish the independence of their country . In De- cember they presented a memorial to Congress , stating that many of them had expended their private ...
... engaged to secure a com- pensation for those services which were the means to establish the independence of their country . In De- cember they presented a memorial to Congress , stating that many of them had expended their private ...
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... officers of the American army engaged in the service of their country from the pur- est love and attachment to the rights and liberties of human nature ; which motives still exist in the high- 40 [ 1783 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... officers of the American army engaged in the service of their country from the pur- est love and attachment to the rights and liberties of human nature ; which motives still exist in the high- 40 [ 1783 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... engaged for the war , discharged on the 3d of December . While the veteran troops , who had borne the heat and burden of the war , left the service unpaid , and peaceably returned to the business of private life ; about eighty new ...
... engaged for the war , discharged on the 3d of December . While the veteran troops , who had borne the heat and burden of the war , left the service unpaid , and peaceably returned to the business of private life ; about eighty new ...
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... complain , who leave the cares of a publick sta- tion for the tranquil scenes of retirement . The im provement of American husbandry engaged his close • attention , and in the prosecution of plans adapted to 58 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... complain , who leave the cares of a publick sta- tion for the tranquil scenes of retirement . The im provement of American husbandry engaged his close • attention , and in the prosecution of plans adapted to 58 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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