The Life of George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States, Band 2Lewis & Sampson, 1844 |
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... Governour Nelson . Preparations were soon made to besiege Yorktown . The rivers , York and James , form a long and nar- row peninsula , and Lord Cornwallis had chosen a po- sition on the south side of York river as a military post , and ...
... Governour Nelson . Preparations were soon made to besiege Yorktown . The rivers , York and James , form a long and nar- row peninsula , and Lord Cornwallis had chosen a po- sition on the south side of York river as a military post , and ...
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... Governour Nelson , who commanded the militia was thanked for his effec- tual exertions in the field , and in furnishing the army with such articles as his state afforded . To Count Rochambeau , to the French officers and troops , Gene ...
... Governour Nelson , who commanded the militia was thanked for his effec- tual exertions in the field , and in furnishing the army with such articles as his state afforded . To Count Rochambeau , to the French officers and troops , Gene ...
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... Governour Clinton , by a number of other civil and military officers , and by many respectable citizens , make his publick entry on horseback into the city . His military course being honourably and success- fully terminated , the ...
... Governour Clinton , by a number of other civil and military officers , and by many respectable citizens , make his publick entry on horseback into the city . His military course being honourably and success- fully terminated , the ...
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... Governour Clinton , written three days after his arrival at Mount Vernon , he thus ex- pressed the grateful feelings of his heart on bring relieved from the weight of his publick station . " The scene is at length closed . I feel myself ...
... Governour Clinton , written three days after his arrival at Mount Vernon , he thus ex- pressed the grateful feelings of his heart on bring relieved from the weight of his publick station . " The scene is at length closed . I feel myself ...
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... Governour of Virginia . This was to render the rivers Potomack and James naviga- ble as high as practicable ; to take accurate surveys of the country between these rivers and the streams which empty into the Ohio , and find the most ...
... Governour of Virginia . This was to render the rivers Potomack and James naviga- ble as high as practicable ; to take accurate surveys of the country between these rivers and the streams which empty into the Ohio , and find the most ...
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