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... Mount Vernon two old companions - in - arms of the Carthagena time , Adjutant Muse , a Virginian , and Jacob Van Braam , a Dutch soldier of fortune . The former instructed Washington in the art of war , tactics , and the manual of arms ...
... Mount Vernon two old companions - in - arms of the Carthagena time , Adjutant Muse , a Virginian , and Jacob Van Braam , a Dutch soldier of fortune . The former instructed Washington in the art of war , tactics , and the manual of arms ...
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... Mount Vernon to manage the estate and attend to his own affairs . He was driven to this course still more strongly by the original cause of Dinwiddie's ar rangement . The English government had issued an order that officers holding the ...
... Mount Vernon to manage the estate and attend to his own affairs . He was driven to this course still more strongly by the original cause of Dinwiddie's ar rangement . The English government had issued an order that officers holding the ...
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... Mount Vernon ill and worn - out , was urged to solicit the command , but it was not his way to solicit , and he declined to do so now . Au- gust 14th , he wrote to his mother : " If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again , I ...
... Mount Vernon ill and worn - out , was urged to solicit the command , but it was not his way to solicit , and he declined to do so now . Au- gust 14th , he wrote to his mother : " If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again , I ...
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... Mount Vernon , where he slowly re- covered . Meantime a great man came at last to the head of affairs in England , and , inspired by William Pitt , fleets and armies went forth to con- quer . Reviving at the prospect , Washington of ...
... Mount Vernon , where he slowly re- covered . Meantime a great man came at last to the head of affairs in England , and , inspired by William Pitt , fleets and armies went forth to con- quer . Reviving at the prospect , Washington of ...
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... Mount Vernon once more , in the spring of 1758 , this time to Williamsburg with despatches , he stopped at William's Ferry to dine with his friend Major Chamberlayne , and there he met Martha Dandridge , the widow of Daniel Parke Custis ...
... Mount Vernon once more , in the spring of 1758 , this time to Williamsburg with despatches , he stopped at William's Ferry to dine with his friend Major Chamberlayne , and there he met Martha Dandridge , the widow of Daniel Parke Custis ...
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