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... action had come , and that he at least was ready for the fight whenever called upon . Presently he was summoned . Weary of waiting , John Adams at last declared that Congress must adopt the army and make Washington , who at this mention ...
... action had come , and that he at least was ready for the fight whenever called upon . Presently he was summoned . Weary of waiting , John Adams at last declared that Congress must adopt the army and make Washington , who at this mention ...
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... action on Bunker Hill , two captains for drawing more pay and provisions than they had men in their company , and one for being absent from his post when the enemy appeared there and burnt a house just by it . Besides these I have at ...
... action on Bunker Hill , two captains for drawing more pay and provisions than they had men in their company , and one for being absent from his post when the enemy appeared there and burnt a house just by it . Besides these I have at ...
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... action . But he could not quell governors and assemblies in this way , and yet he managed them and got what he wanted with a patience and tact which it must have been in the last degree trying to him to practise , gifted as he was with ...
... action . But he could not quell governors and assemblies in this way , and yet he managed them and got what he wanted with a patience and tact which it must have been in the last degree trying to him to practise , gifted as he was with ...
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... the exigencies of war , and deeply injured the American cause . That Washington well understood the need of such action is clear , both from the current rumors that the town was to be burned , and from his SAVING THE REVOLUTION . 159.
... the exigencies of war , and deeply injured the American cause . That Washington well understood the need of such action is clear , both from the current rumors that the town was to be burned , and from his SAVING THE REVOLUTION . 159.
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... action and protested bitterly to Congress against their employment , yet in his letters he displayed a keen appreciation of their feelings , and saw plainly every palliation and excuse . But there was one thing which he could never ...
... action and protested bitterly to Congress against their employment , yet in his letters he displayed a keen appreciation of their feelings , and saw plainly every palliation and excuse . But there was one thing which he could never ...
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