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... gates as if they were well aware that they were entertaining angels . It is not difficult to sift this home - keeping peo- ple , and find out that portion which was Virginia , for the mass was but an appendage of the small fraction ...
... gates as if they were well aware that they were entertaining angels . It is not difficult to sift this home - keeping peo- ple , and find out that portion which was Virginia , for the mass was but an appendage of the small fraction ...
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... Gates , likewise British , and disap- pointed with his prospects at home ; less adventur- ous than Lee , but also less brilliant , and not much more valuable . Thus the winter wore away ; spring opened , and toward the end of April ...
... Gates , likewise British , and disap- pointed with his prospects at home ; less adventur- ous than Lee , but also less brilliant , and not much more valuable . Thus the winter wore away ; spring opened , and toward the end of April ...
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... Gates was to march from Bristol with two thousand men , Ewing was to cross at Trenton , Putnam was to come up from Philadelphia , Griffin was to make a diversion against Donop . When the moment came , Gates , disapproving the scheme ...
... Gates was to march from Bristol with two thousand men , Ewing was to cross at Trenton , Putnam was to come up from Philadelphia , Griffin was to make a diversion against Donop . When the moment came , Gates , disapproving the scheme ...
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... Gates . This task Washington refused to perform , alleging as a reason that the northern department had always been considered a separate command , and that he had never done more than advise . These reasons do not look very weighty or ...
... Gates . This task Washington refused to perform , alleging as a reason that the northern department had always been considered a separate command , and that he had never done more than advise . These reasons do not look very weighty or ...
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... Gates had been appointed . He knew that Gates was at least harmless , and not likely to block the natural course of events . He therefore felt free to press his own policy without cessation , and without apprehension . He took care that ...
... Gates had been appointed . He knew that Gates was at least harmless , and not likely to block the natural course of events . He therefore felt free to press his own policy without cessation , and without apprehension . He took care that ...
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