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, Band 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... engaged against France and Spain , first kindled those latent sparks , which after- wards blazed with equal splendour and advan- tage , and at the age of fifteen , he urged so pressingly to be permitted to enter into the British navy ...
... engaged against France and Spain , first kindled those latent sparks , which after- wards blazed with equal splendour and advan- tage , and at the age of fifteen , he urged so pressingly to be permitted to enter into the British navy ...
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... to have furnished motives to mr . Washington for desiring to be employed in this hazardous service , and he engaged in it with the utmost alacrity . CHAP . I. October 31 . His mission on the B 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON . 3.
... to have furnished motives to mr . Washington for desiring to be employed in this hazardous service , and he engaged in it with the utmost alacrity . CHAP . I. October 31 . His mission on the B 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON . 3.
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... engaged to conduct him over the Alleghany mountains , the passage of which , at that season of the year , began to be extremely difficult . After sur- mounting considerable impediments from the snow and high waters , he reached the ...
... engaged to conduct him over the Alleghany mountains , the passage of which , at that season of the year , began to be extremely difficult . After sur- mounting considerable impediments from the snow and high waters , he reached the ...
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... Washington was appointed lieutenant colonel . Extremely * See Note , No. I. at the end of the volume . lieutenant colonel of a regiment of regular troops . 1 CHAP . L. solicitous to be engaged as early GEORGE WASHINGTON . 5.
... Washington was appointed lieutenant colonel . Extremely * See Note , No. I. at the end of the volume . lieutenant colonel of a regiment of regular troops . 1 CHAP . L. solicitous to be engaged as early GEORGE WASHINGTON . 5.
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... engaged as early as possible in 1754. active service , and to be usefully employed , • he obtained permission , about the beginning of April , to march with two companies in advance of the other troops , to the Great Meadows . By this ...
... engaged as early as possible in 1754. active service , and to be usefully employed , • he obtained permission , about the beginning of April , to march with two companies in advance of the other troops , to the Great Meadows . By this ...
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