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The plan of the writer has been to notice no individual or event further than was
necessary to display the principal ... He has made Judge Marshall his leading
authority for facts , and has in some measure followed him in the order of events .
The plan of the writer has been to notice no individual or event further than was
necessary to display the principal ... He has made Judge Marshall his leading
authority for facts , and has in some measure followed him in the order of events .
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In answer to a publication of M. de Villier , Colonel Washington , soon after the
event , made it fully to appear that he did not understand the import of the word ;
but during his presidency , an enemy had the audacity to call him , upon the ...
In answer to a publication of M. de Villier , Colonel Washington , soon after the
event , made it fully to appear that he did not understand the import of the word ;
but during his presidency , an enemy had the audacity to call him , upon the ...
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He warmly recommended an early campaign ; for this , among other reasons ,
seven hundred Indians had , in April , assembled at Winchester , whose patience
would be exhausted , unless early employed ; and in that event , he observes ...
He warmly recommended an early campaign ; for this , among other reasons ,
seven hundred Indians had , in April , assembled at Winchester , whose patience
would be exhausted , unless early employed ; and in that event , he observes ...
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But lest some unlucky event should happen , unfavourable to my reputation , I
beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room , that I this day
declare , with the utmost sincerity , I do not think myself equal to the command I
am ...
But lest some unlucky event should happen , unfavourable to my reputation , I
beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room , that I this day
declare , with the utmost sincerity , I do not think myself equal to the command I
am ...
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An event of this magnitude would unite and animate the colonies , and convince
Great Britain , that America was determined in her opposition to the measures of
parliament . Under these impressions he often reconnoitred the enemy , and ...
An event of this magnitude would unite and animate the colonies , and convince
Great Britain , that America was determined in her opposition to the measures of
parliament . Under these impressions he often reconnoitred the enemy , and ...
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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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