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... gress . He lingered long enough to make a few preparations at Mount Vernon . He wrote another letter to Fairfax , interesting to us as showing the keenness with which he read in the meagre news- reports the character of Gage and of the ...
... gress . He lingered long enough to make a few preparations at Mount Vernon . He wrote another letter to Fairfax , interesting to us as showing the keenness with which he read in the meagre news- reports the character of Gage and of the ...
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... gress , for the most part less clear - sighted than he was as to facts , and as the months slipped by his letters had grown constantly more earnest and more vehement . Still Congress hesitated , and at last Washington went himself to ...
... gress , for the most part less clear - sighted than he was as to facts , and as the months slipped by his letters had grown constantly more earnest and more vehement . Still Congress hesitated , and at last Washington went himself to ...
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... gress , and the Americans waited for events . Wash- ington , looking beyond the confusion of the mo- ment , saw that he had gained much by delay , and had his own plan well defined . He wrote : " We have not only delayed the operations ...
... gress , and the Americans waited for events . Wash- ington , looking beyond the confusion of the mo- ment , saw that he had gained much by delay , and had his own plan well defined . He wrote : " We have not only delayed the operations ...
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... gress how to govern a nation at war . In the hours " allotted to sleep , " he sat in his headquarters , writing a letter , with " blots and scratches , " which told Congress with the utmost precision and vigor just what was needed . It ...
... gress how to govern a nation at war . In the hours " allotted to sleep , " he sat in his headquarters , writing a letter , with " blots and scratches , " which told Congress with the utmost precision and vigor just what was needed . It ...
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... gress , moreover , then felt that all had been done that could be demanded , and relapsed once more into confidence . " The British force , " said John Adams , chairman of the board of war , " is so di- vided , they will do no great ...
... gress , moreover , then felt that all had been done that could be demanded , and relapsed once more into confidence . " The British force , " said John Adams , chairman of the board of war , " is so di- vided , they will do no great ...
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