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... to the commander of the Virginians in the first campaign against the Indians
one Colonel Washington ( him whom you have sometimes seen at your house ) .
” This suggests very strongly that John Washington , the first Virginian of the
name ...
... to the commander of the Virginians in the first campaign against the Indians
one Colonel Washington ( him whom you have sometimes seen at your house ) .
” This suggests very strongly that John Washington , the first Virginian of the
name ...
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The Carthagena campaign had undermined the strength of Lawrence
Washington and sown the seeds of consumption , which showed itself in 1749 ,
and became steadily more alarming . A voyage to England and a summer at the
warm ...
The Carthagena campaign had undermined the strength of Lawrence
Washington and sown the seeds of consumption , which showed itself in 1749 ,
and became steadily more alarming . A voyage to England and a summer at the
warm ...
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So ended Washington's first campaign . His friend the Half - King , the celebrated
Seneca chief , Thanacarishon , who prudently departed on the arrival of the
French , has left us a candid opinion of Washington and his opponents .
So ended Washington's first campaign . His friend the Half - King , the celebrated
Seneca chief , Thanacarishon , who prudently departed on the arrival of the
French , has left us a candid opinion of Washington and his opponents .
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... or otherwise , often become impatient and finally useless . The campaign was
perfectly wild from the outset , and if it had not been for the utter indifference to
danger displayed by Washington , and the consequent ON THE FRONTIER . 75.
... or otherwise , often become impatient and finally useless . The campaign was
perfectly wild from the outset , and if it had not been for the utter indifference to
danger displayed by Washington , and the consequent ON THE FRONTIER . 75.
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He received in this campaign the first taste of that severe experience which by its
training developed the self - control and mastery of temper for which he became
so remarkable . He did not spring into life a perfect and impossible man , as is so
...
He received in this campaign the first taste of that severe experience which by its
training developed the self - control and mastery of temper for which he became
so remarkable . He did not spring into life a perfect and impossible man , as is so
...
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