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They committed no other act of violence , than to demand of the inhabitants
provisions for their necessary support . Congress sent a Committee of their own
body to confer with them . They demanded the redress of their grievances as the
basis ...
They committed no other act of violence , than to demand of the inhabitants
provisions for their necessary support . Congress sent a Committee of their own
body to confer with them . They demanded the redress of their grievances as the
basis ...
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By the 25th of August the whole body , American and French , had crossed the
North river . An intercepted letter of General WASHINGTON's , in 1 which he
communicated , as the result of a consultation 1781. ] LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
15.
By the 25th of August the whole body , American and French , had crossed the
North river . An intercepted letter of General WASHINGTON's , in 1 which he
communicated , as the result of a consultation 1781. ] LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
15.
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3. the important intelligence , that Count de Grasse had arrived with his fleet in
the Chesapeak , and that the Marquis St. Simon had , with a body of three
thousand land forces , joined the Marquis La Fayette . Having directed the route
of his ...
3. the important intelligence , that Count de Grasse had arrived with his fleet in
the Chesapeak , and that the Marquis St. Simon had , with a body of three
thousand land forces , joined the Marquis La Fayette . Having directed the route
of his ...
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The body of the British army was encamped about Yorktown , within a range of
redoubts and field works , erected to command the peninsula , which at this place
is not more than eight miles wide , and to impede the approach of an assaulting ...
The body of the British army was encamped about Yorktown , within a range of
redoubts and field works , erected to command the peninsula , which at this place
is not more than eight miles wide , and to impede the approach of an assaulting ...
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They chose a committee of officers to present their petition to Congress , and to
attend its passage through that honourable body . At this period , Congress was
much divided in opi . nion upon the most important publick questions .
They chose a committee of officers to present their petition to Congress , and to
attend its passage through that honourable body . At this period , Congress was
much divided in opi . nion upon the most important publick questions .
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| Titel | 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 2 The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War: And the First President of the United States, Aaron Bancroft |
| Autor/in | Aaron Bancroft |
| Verlag | T. Bedington, 1826 |
| Original von | New York Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Juli 2007 |
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