The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 páginas |
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... confidence and free communication existed . 1757. ] This year Lord Loudoun succeeded to the civil government of Virginia , and to the chief command of the British troops in North America . Colonel Washington obtained permission to wait ...
... confidence and free communication existed . 1757. ] This year Lord Loudoun succeeded to the civil government of Virginia , and to the chief command of the British troops in North America . Colonel Washington obtained permission to wait ...
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... confidence in him , even at a time when he was unable to defend them from the slaughter and devastation of the enemy . Colonel Washington now saw the great ob- ject attained , to which for years he had directed his whole mind . The ...
... confidence in him , even at a time when he was unable to defend them from the slaughter and devastation of the enemy . Colonel Washington now saw the great ob- ject attained , to which for years he had directed his whole mind . The ...
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... confidence , endearment and felicity which this relation can produce . On his estate of Mount Vernon , he extensively engaged in the business of agriculture , and was greatly distinguished for the judgment he display- ed in the ...
... confidence , endearment and felicity which this relation can produce . On his estate of Mount Vernon , he extensively engaged in the business of agriculture , and was greatly distinguished for the judgment he display- ed in the ...
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... confidence of the public , and successfully to con- duct the arduous conflicts of the war . Congress unanimously elected him " general and comman- der in chief of the United Colonies , and of all the forces now raised , and to be raised ...
... confidence of the public , and successfully to con- duct the arduous conflicts of the war . Congress unanimously elected him " general and comman- der in chief of the United Colonies , and of all the forces now raised , and to be raised ...
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... confidence in his talents , which the public already entertained . " Gentlemen , your kind congratulations on my appointment and arrival , demand my warmest acknowledgments , and will ever be retained in grateful remembrance . In ...
... confidence in his talents , which the public already entertained . " Gentlemen , your kind congratulations on my appointment and arrival , demand my warmest acknowledgments , and will ever be retained in grateful remembrance . In ...
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