The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... the frontier of inhabited Virginia ; here he hired a pilot , and four other attendants , to accompany him over the Alleghany mountains ; the passage of which was now attended with diffi- culty B 2 1753. ] 3 LIFE OF WASHINGTON ..
... the frontier of inhabited Virginia ; here he hired a pilot , and four other attendants , to accompany him over the Alleghany mountains ; the passage of which was now attended with diffi- culty B 2 1753. ] 3 LIFE OF WASHINGTON ..
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... attended with diffi- culty and hazard . The weather became inces- santly stormy , and the snow deep ; and he was un- able to arrive at Turtle Creek , on the mouth of the Monongahela , before the 22d . Here he was informed of the death ...
... attended with diffi- culty and hazard . The weather became inces- santly stormy , and the snow deep ; and he was un- able to arrive at Turtle Creek , on the mouth of the Monongahela , before the 22d . Here he was informed of the death ...
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... attended him in his last sickness , was a witness of this scene : " I ex- pected , " says he , " every moment to see him fall . Ilis duty and situation exposed him to every danger . Nothing but the superintending care of Providence ...
... attended him in his last sickness , was a witness of this scene : " I ex- pected , " says he , " every moment to see him fall . Ilis duty and situation exposed him to every danger . Nothing but the superintending care of Providence ...
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... attend to the wants of the im- poverished inhabitants . During this period , he unremittingly urged upon the executive and legislature of his province , the insufficiency of the mode adopted to prosecute the war . He earnestly advised ...
... attend to the wants of the im- poverished inhabitants . During this period , he unremittingly urged upon the executive and legislature of his province , the insufficiency of the mode adopted to prosecute the war . He earnestly advised ...
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... attended with incalculable expense , and were seldom productive of good , might be re- lieved from temporary draughts . The feelings and views of Colonel Washington on these sub- jects will fully appear by the following extracts from ...
... attended with incalculable expense , and were seldom productive of good , might be re- lieved from temporary draughts . The feelings and views of Colonel Washington on these sub- jects will fully appear by the following extracts from ...
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