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... breast of the commander - in- chief who labored day and night to bring about better discipline in camp , and who wrote long let- ters to Williamsburg recounting existing evils and praying for a 86 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... breast of the commander - in- chief who labored day and night to bring about better discipline in camp , and who wrote long let- ters to Williamsburg recounting existing evils and praying for a 86 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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Henry Cabot Lodge. ters to Williamsburg recounting existing evils and praying for a new militia law . Such The troops , in fact , were got out with vast diffi- culty even under the most stinging necessity , and were almost worthless when ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. ters to Williamsburg recounting existing evils and praying for a new militia law . Such The troops , in fact , were got out with vast diffi- culty even under the most stinging necessity , and were almost worthless when ...
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... 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 . She was young , pretty , intelligent , and an heiress , and ...
... 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 . She was young , pretty , intelligent , and an heiress , and ...
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... Williamsburg , three months after his marriage , Mr. Robinson , the speaker , thanked him publicly in eloquent words for his services to the country . Washington rose to reply , but he was so utterly unable to talk about himself that he ...
... Williamsburg , three months after his marriage , Mr. Robinson , the speaker , thanked him publicly in eloquent words for his services to the country . Washington rose to reply , but he was so utterly unable to talk about himself that he ...
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... Williamsburg who showed at the governor's receptions such a commanding presence , or who walked with such a strong and elastic step . As with the body so with the mind . He never rusted . A practical carpenter and smith , he brought the ...
... Williamsburg who showed at the governor's receptions such a commanding presence , or who walked with such a strong and elastic step . As with the body so with the mind . He never rusted . A practical carpenter and smith , he brought the ...
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