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... at Trenton ; it was established at Saratoga . In the one case it was the direct , in the other the indirect , work of Washington . Poor Gates , with his dull brain turning under the MALICE DOMESTIC , AND foreign leVY . 205.
... at Trenton ; it was established at Saratoga . In the one case it was the direct , in the other the indirect , work of Washington . Poor Gates , with his dull brain turning under the MALICE DOMESTIC , AND foreign leVY . 205.
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Henry Cabot Lodge. Poor Gates , with his dull brain turning under the impression that this crowning mercy had been his own doing , lost his head , forgot that there was a commander - in - chief , and sending his news to Con- gress , left ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. Poor Gates , with his dull brain turning under the impression that this crowning mercy had been his own doing , lost his head , forgot that there was a commander - in - chief , and sending his news to Con- gress , left ...
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... Gates to the northern department , under whom the army won a great victory , and they were corre- spondingly happy ... Gates . Before long , too , they found in the army itself some active and not over - scrupulous allies . The most ...
... Gates to the northern department , under whom the army won a great victory , and they were corre- spondingly happy ... Gates . Before long , too , they found in the army itself some active and not over - scrupulous allies . The most ...
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... Gates was Thomas Mifflin , an ardent patriot , but a rather light - headed person , who es- poused the opposition to Washington for causes now somewhat misty , but among which personal vanity played no inconsiderable part . About these ...
... Gates was Thomas Mifflin , an ardent patriot , but a rather light - headed person , who es- poused the opposition to Washington for causes now somewhat misty , but among which personal vanity played no inconsiderable part . About these ...
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... Gates failed to inform Washington of the surrender , and then held back the troops sent for so urgently by the commander- in - chief , who had sacrificed so much from his own army to secure that of the north . At this very moment ...
... Gates failed to inform Washington of the surrender , and then held back the troops sent for so urgently by the commander- in - chief , who had sacrificed so much from his own army to secure that of the north . At this very moment ...
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