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... finally , as a last resort , the invalid sailed for the West Indies , in September , 1751. Thither his brother George accompanied him , and we have the fragments of a diary kept during this first and last wandering out- side his native ...
... finally , as a last resort , the invalid sailed for the West Indies , in September , 1751. Thither his brother George accompanied him , and we have the fragments of a diary kept during this first and last wandering out- side his native ...
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... Finally Washington got off , carrying his chiefs with him , and made his way seventy miles fur- ther to the fort on French Creek . Here he deliv- ered the governor's letter , and while M. de St. Pierre wrote a vague and polite answer ...
... Finally Washington got off , carrying his chiefs with him , and made his way seventy miles fur- ther to the fort on French Creek . Here he deliv- ered the governor's letter , and while M. de St. Pierre wrote a vague and polite answer ...
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... , often become impatient and finally useless . The campaign was perfectly wild from the outset , and if it had not been for the utter indifference to danger displayed by Washington , and the consequent ON THE FRONTIER .. 75.
... , often become impatient and finally useless . The campaign was perfectly wild from the outset , and if it had not been for the utter indifference to danger displayed by Washington , and the consequent ON THE FRONTIER .. 75.
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... Finally the army began to move , but so slowly and after so much delay that they did not reach Will's Creek until the middle of May . Here came another exasperating pause , relieved only by Frank- lin , who by giving his own time ...
... Finally the army began to move , but so slowly and after so much delay that they did not reach Will's Creek until the middle of May . Here came another exasperating pause , relieved only by Frank- lin , who by giving his own time ...
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... finally was compelled by Brad- dock to stop for rest at the ford of Youghiogany . He made Braddock promise that he should be brought up before the army reached Fort Duquesne , and wrote to his friend Orme that he would not miss the ...
... finally was compelled by Brad- dock to stop for rest at the ford of Youghiogany . He made Braddock promise that he should be brought up before the army reached Fort Duquesne , and wrote to his friend Orme that he would not miss the ...
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