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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... directed to establish a line of posts from the lakes to the Ohio . This tract of country , the English held to be within the boundaries of Virginia . Mr. Dinwid- die , then the lieutenant governor of the province , alarmed by ...
... directed to establish a line of posts from the lakes to the Ohio . This tract of country , the English held to be within the boundaries of Virginia . Mr. Dinwid- die , then the lieutenant governor of the province , alarmed by ...
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... physicians declared that his life would be the sa- crifice of the continued fatigues of the march . The General , therefore , absolutely directed him to remain at Yohogany with a small guard , until 1755. ] 13 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... physicians declared that his life would be the sa- crifice of the continued fatigues of the march . The General , therefore , absolutely directed him to remain at Yohogany with a small guard , until 1755. ] 13 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... communicated their fears to more inte- rior places . Orders to call the militia into the field were unavailing ; the solicitude and exertion of each individual were directed to the immediate preservation of 18 [ 1755 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... communicated their fears to more inte- rior places . Orders to call the militia into the field were unavailing ; the solicitude and exertion of each individual were directed to the immediate preservation of 18 [ 1755 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... directed to the immediate preservation of his family and property . The suf- ferings of his countrymen deeply wounded the heart of Colonel Washington . Every measure was adopted , that an enterprising spirit could sug gest ; and all the ...
... directed to the immediate preservation of his family and property . The suf- ferings of his countrymen deeply wounded the heart of Colonel Washington . Every measure was adopted , that an enterprising spirit could sug gest ; and all the ...
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... directed his whole mind . The enemy was driven from the Ohio , and his country , in a great measure , re- lieved from the carnage and distress of an Indian war . His health was impaired by the arduous services of the campaign ; and his ...
... directed his whole mind . The enemy was driven from the Ohio , and his country , in a great measure , re- lieved from the carnage and distress of an Indian war . His health was impaired by the arduous services of the campaign ; and his ...
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