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... artillery , which was to be conveyed up the Potomac . While on the march he was joined by a detachment under Cap- tain Adam Stephen , an officer destined to serve with him at distant periods of his military career . At Winchester he ...
... artillery , which was to be conveyed up the Potomac . While on the march he was joined by a detachment under Cap- tain Adam Stephen , an officer destined to serve with him at distant periods of his military career . At Winchester he ...
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... artillery , he summoned the fort to surrender , allowing one hour for a written reply . What was to be done ! the whole garrison did not exceed fifty men . Captain Trent was absent at Wills ' Creek ; Frazier , his lieutenant , was at ...
... artillery , he summoned the fort to surrender , allowing one hour for a written reply . What was to be done ! the whole garrison did not exceed fifty men . Captain Trent was absent at Wills ' Creek ; Frazier , his lieutenant , was at ...
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... artillery , and all the munitions of war , and within reach of con- stant supplies and reinforcements . Beside the French that had come from Venango , he had received credible accounts of another party ascending the Ohio ; and of six ...
... artillery , and all the munitions of war , and within reach of con- stant supplies and reinforcements . Beside the French that had come from Venango , he had received credible accounts of another party ascending the Ohio ; and of six ...
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... artillery . With these alternatives in view , Washington detached sixty men in advance to make a road ; and at the same time wrote to Governor Dinwiddie for mortars and grenadoes , and cannon of heavy metal . Aware that the Assembly of ...
... artillery . With these alternatives in view , Washington detached sixty men in advance to make a road ; and at the same time wrote to Governor Dinwiddie for mortars and grenadoes , and cannon of heavy metal . Aware that the Assembly of ...
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... artillery coming on with Colonel Fry's division . All hands were now set to work , but with all their labor they could not accomplish more than four miles a day . They were toiling through Savage Mountain and that dreary forest region ...
... artillery coming on with Colonel Fry's division . All hands were now set to work , but with all their labor they could not accomplish more than four miles a day . They were toiling through Savage Mountain and that dreary forest region ...
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Seite 313 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Seite 370 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Seite 274 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave." " Now,gentlemen," said he, when he had finished, " I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Seite 365 - Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me : Fight against them that fight against me.
Seite 359 - County, were adopted, and Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton, were appointed delegates, to represent the people of Virginia in the General Congress.
Seite 415 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Seite 388 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Seite 302 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Seite 193 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Seite 416 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.