George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... condition of the planters . Some counted their acres by thousands and their slaves by hundreds , while others scrambled along as best they might with one plantation and a few score of negroes . Some dwelt in very handsome houses ...
... condition of the planters . Some counted their acres by thousands and their slaves by hundreds , while others scrambled along as best they might with one plantation and a few score of negroes . Some dwelt in very handsome houses ...
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... condition of domestic affairs led to the first attempt to give Washington a start in life , which has been given to us until very lately in a somewhat decorated form . The fact is , that in casting about for something to do , it ...
... condition of domestic affairs led to the first attempt to give Washington a start in life , which has been given to us until very lately in a somewhat decorated form . The fact is , that in casting about for something to do , it ...
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... scenery , its government and condition , and the manners and customs of its inhabitants . All through these notes we find the keenly observant spirit , and the evidence of a mind constantly alert ON THE FRONTIER . 61.
... scenery , its government and condition , and the manners and customs of its inhabitants . All through these notes we find the keenly observant spirit , and the evidence of a mind constantly alert ON THE FRONTIER . 61.
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... and both set diligently to work to form Indian alliances . A man of far less perception than Lawrence Wash- ington , who had become the chief manager of the Ohio Company , would have seen that the conditions on 62 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... and both set diligently to work to form Indian alliances . A man of far less perception than Lawrence Wash- ington , who had become the chief manager of the Ohio Company , would have seen that the conditions on 62 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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Henry Cabot Lodge. Ohio Company , would have seen that the conditions on the frontier rendered war inevitable , and he ac cordingly made ready for the future by preparing his ... condition of things , and by the de- ON THE FRONTIER . 63.
Henry Cabot Lodge. Ohio Company , would have seen that the conditions on the frontier rendered war inevitable , and he ac cordingly made ready for the future by preparing his ... condition of things , and by the de- ON THE FRONTIER . 63.
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