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... preparing his brother for the career of a soldier , so far as it could be done . He brought to Mount Vernon two old companions - in - arms of the Carthagena time , Adjutant Muse , a Virginian , and Jacob Van Braam , a Dutch soldier of ...
... preparing his brother for the career of a soldier , so far as it could be done . He brought to Mount Vernon two old companions - in - arms of the Carthagena time , Adjutant Muse , a Virginian , and Jacob Van Braam , a Dutch soldier of ...
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... prepared to shift for himself as best he might . His Indian allies brought him news that the French were on the march and had thrown out scouting parties . Picking out a place in the Great Meadows for a fort , " a charming field for an ...
... prepared to shift for himself as best he might . His Indian allies brought him news that the French were on the march and had thrown out scouting parties . Picking out a place in the Great Meadows for a fort , " a charming field for an ...
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... prepared to push on . Colonel Fry had died meanwhile , leav ing Washington in command ; but his troops came forward , and also not long after a useless " inde- pendent " company from South Carolina . Thus re- inforced Washington ...
... prepared to push on . Colonel Fry had died meanwhile , leav ing Washington in command ; but his troops came forward , and also not long after a useless " inde- pendent " company from South Carolina . Thus re- inforced Washington ...
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... army to which he was attached he studied with the deepest attention the best dis- cipline of Europe , observing everything and forget- ting nothing , thus preparing himself unconsciously to use against ON THE FRONTIER . 79.
... army to which he was attached he studied with the deepest attention the best dis- cipline of Europe , observing everything and forget- ting nothing , thus preparing himself unconsciously to use against ON THE FRONTIER . 79.
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Henry Cabot Lodge. ting nothing , thus preparing himself unconsciously to use against his teachers the knowledge he ac- quired . He also made warm friends with the English officers , and was treated with consideration by his commander ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. ting nothing , thus preparing himself unconsciously to use against his teachers the knowledge he ac- quired . He also made warm friends with the English officers , and was treated with consideration by his commander ...
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