The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War; and the First President of the United StatesPhillips, Sampson, 1856 |
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... occasion , led Mr. Washing TON with ardour to seek the appointment . Ост . 31 . 1753 The very day on which he received his conmission he commenced his journey from Williamsburg . At Winchester he procured the necessary provisions ...
... occasion , led Mr. Washing TON with ardour to seek the appointment . Ост . 31 . 1753 The very day on which he received his conmission he commenced his journey from Williamsburg . At Winchester he procured the necessary provisions ...
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... occasion amounted to fifty - eight . The enemy were stated to have had about two hundred killed and wounded . The publick gave to this brave band , merited praise ; and the assembly of Virginia expressed their sense of the resolution ...
... occasion amounted to fifty - eight . The enemy were stated to have had about two hundred killed and wounded . The publick gave to this brave band , merited praise ; and the assembly of Virginia expressed their sense of the resolution ...
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... occasion , Col. WASHING- TON indignantly witnessed their pusillanimity . In an official relation of the engagement , to the Executive of Virginia , he observes , " They were struck with such an inconceivable panick , that nothing but ...
... occasion , Col. WASHING- TON indignantly witnessed their pusillanimity . In an official relation of the engagement , to the Executive of Virginia , he observes , " They were struck with such an inconceivable panick , that nothing but ...
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... occasion . Colonel WASHINGTON was at this time employed on the new road , in the neighbourhood of Raystown . Ост . 8 , 1758 . General Forbes resolved that the main army should move from this place ; and he called upon the commanding ...
... occasion . Colonel WASHINGTON was at this time employed on the new road , in the neighbourhood of Raystown . Ост . 8 , 1758 . General Forbes resolved that the main army should move from this place ; and he called upon the commanding ...
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... occasion dissatisfactions , which endangered a cause that could be supported enly by publick opinion . To relieve him from this embarrassment , Congress passed a resolution , " That the army before Boston was de- signed only to oppose ...
... occasion dissatisfactions , which endangered a cause that could be supported enly by publick opinion . To relieve him from this embarrassment , Congress passed a resolution , " That the army before Boston was de- signed only to oppose ...
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