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... governors over appropri- ations , but they lived on good terms with those emi- nent persons , and attended state balls at what they called the palace , and danced and made merry with much stateliness and grace . Their every - day life ...
... governors over appropri- ations , but they lived on good terms with those emi- nent persons , and attended state balls at what they called the palace , and danced and made merry with much stateliness and grace . Their every - day life ...
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... Governor Dinwiddie had sent a com- missioner to remonstrate against these encroach- ments , but his envoy had stopped a hundred and fifty miles short of the French posts , alarmed by the troublous condition of things , and by the de- ON ...
... Governor Dinwiddie had sent a com- missioner to remonstrate against these encroach- ments , but his envoy had stopped a hundred and fifty miles short of the French posts , alarmed by the troublous condition of things , and by the de- ON ...
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... Governor Dinwiddie selected for the task George Washing- ton , recently reappointed adjutant - general of the northern division , and major in the Virginian forces . He was a young man for such an under- taking , not yet twenty - two ...
... Governor Dinwiddie selected for the task George Washing- ton , recently reappointed adjutant - general of the northern division , and major in the Virginian forces . He was a young man for such an under- taking , not yet twenty - two ...
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... governor's letter , and while M. de St. Pierre wrote a vague and polite answer , he sketched the fort and informed himself in regard to the mil- itary condition of the post . Then came another struggle over the Indians , and finally ...
... governor's letter , and while M. de St. Pierre wrote a vague and polite answer , he sketched the fort and informed himself in regard to the mil- itary condition of the post . Then came another struggle over the Indians , and finally ...
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... governor , was eager enough to fight , and full of energy and good intentions , but he was hasty and not overwise , and was filled with an excessive idea of his prerogatives . The as- sembly , on its side , was sufficiently patriotic ...
... governor , was eager enough to fight , and full of energy and good intentions , but he was hasty and not overwise , and was filled with an excessive idea of his prerogatives . The as- sembly , on its side , was sufficiently patriotic ...
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