Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States |
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The next day , December 26 , as he passed a place , called the Murdering town ,
he fell in with a party of French Indians , which laid in wait for him ; one of them
not fifteen steps distant fired , but without effect . This Indian the major took into ...
The next day , December 26 , as he passed a place , called the Murdering town ,
he fell in with a party of French Indians , which laid in wait for him ; one of them
not fifteen steps distant fired , but without effect . This Indian the major took into ...
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The Colonel approved the advice of his officers , and immediately carried it into
effect . ( July 2 ) His first care was to sink a ditch round the stockade , which he
now named Fort Necessity ; but before it was completed , the enemy attacked him
...
The Colonel approved the advice of his officers , and immediately carried it into
effect . ( July 2 ) His first care was to sink a ditch round the stockade , which he
now named Fort Necessity ; but before it was completed , the enemy attacked him
...
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Colonel Washington pointedly remonstrated against these measures ; but being
adopted , did all in his power to carry them into effect . The legislature soon rose ,
without providing effectual means for active service , and the troops did not ...
Colonel Washington pointedly remonstrated against these measures ; but being
adopted , did all in his power to carry them into effect . The legislature soon rose ,
without providing effectual means for active service , and the troops did not ...
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The reasons in support of this opinion were , the immediate effect which a
retrograde movement would have to animate the British , and to depress the
American troops ; the unfavourable impression that would be made upon the
public mind ...
The reasons in support of this opinion were , the immediate effect which a
retrograde movement would have to animate the British , and to depress the
American troops ; the unfavourable impression that would be made upon the
public mind ...
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... situation may have given different ideas to me , from those which influence the
judgment of the gentlemen whom I consulted , and might have inclined me to put
more to hazard than was consistent with prudence . If it had this effect , I am not ...
... situation may have given different ideas to me , from those which influence the
judgment of the gentlemen whom I consulted , and might have inclined me to put
more to hazard than was consistent with prudence . If it had this effect , I am not ...
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| Titel | Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States |
| Autor/in | Aaron Bancroft |
| Verlag | J. Stockdale, 1808 |
| Original von | Klosterbibliothek Montserrat |
| Digitalisiert | 17. Juni 2010 |
| Länge | 560 Seiten |
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