Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of WashingtonThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1848 - 586 Seiten |
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... declaring at the same time , that he would not have taken five guineas for his tree . Nobody could tell him any thing about it . Presently George and his hatchet made their appearance . George , ' said his father , do you know who ...
... declaring at the same time , that he would not have taken five guineas for his tree . Nobody could tell him any thing about it . Presently George and his hatchet made their appearance . George , ' said his father , do you know who ...
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... declared by Great Britain against Spain , and Admiral Vernon was sent to take the command of a small fleet in the West Indies , with orders to operate against the Spanish posses- sions in that quarter . In Novem- ber , he sailed with ...
... declared by Great Britain against Spain , and Admiral Vernon was sent to take the command of a small fleet in the West Indies , with orders to operate against the Spanish posses- sions in that quarter . In Novem- ber , he sailed with ...
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... declared it to be greatly inferior , either for defence or advan- tages , to the position at the forks . He says , " A fort at the fork would be equally well situated on the Ohio , and have the entire command of the Monongahela , which ...
... declared it to be greatly inferior , either for defence or advan- tages , to the position at the forks . He says , " A fort at the fork would be equally well situated on the Ohio , and have the entire command of the Monongahela , which ...
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... declared . Fathers , you in former days set a silver basin before us , wherein there was the leg of a beaver , and desired all the nations to come and eat of it , to eat in peace and plenty , and not to be churlish to one another ; and ...
... declared . Fathers , you in former days set a silver basin before us , wherein there was the leg of a beaver , and desired all the nations to come and eat of it , to eat in peace and plenty , and not to be churlish to one another ; and ...
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... declared that Jumonville was merely the bearer of a summons , and that his death was an act of positive assassination . Wash- ington did not deign to reply to such an absurd charge ; but his friends have observed , that the great ...
... declared that Jumonville was merely the bearer of a summons , and that his death was an act of positive assassination . Wash- ington did not deign to reply to such an absurd charge ; but his friends have observed , that the great ...
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