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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... expected that the army would march by Braddock's road , which needed only slight repairs ; but on the last of this month , Col. Bouquet , by letter , requested an interview with Colonel Washington , to consult with him on open- ing a ...
... expected that the army would march by Braddock's road , which needed only slight repairs ; but on the last of this month , Col. Bouquet , by letter , requested an interview with Colonel Washington , to consult with him on open- ing a ...
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... expected from England and he thought it doubtful , whether proportionate strength could be collected in the colonies to meet them in the field . He conceived it , therefore , of vast importance to the American cause to subdue the army ...
... expected from England and he thought it doubtful , whether proportionate strength could be collected in the colonies to meet them in the field . He conceived it , therefore , of vast importance to the American cause to subdue the army ...
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... expected . The fear of accumulating expense , which the resources of the country could not discharge , had a leading in- fluence to deter the American government from the adoption of permanent military establish- ments ; although the ...
... expected . The fear of accumulating expense , which the resources of the country could not discharge , had a leading in- fluence to deter the American government from the adoption of permanent military establish- ments ; although the ...
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... expected numbers . On the last day of December , when the first term of service expired , only nine thousand six hundred and fifty men had inlisted for the new army , and many of these were of necessity permitted to be absent on ...
... expected numbers . On the last day of December , when the first term of service expired , only nine thousand six hundred and fifty men had inlisted for the new army , and many of these were of necessity permitted to be absent on ...
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... expected the capture or expulsion of the British army in Boston . He felt the im- portance of securing the confidence of his coun- trymen by some brilliant action , and was fully sensible that his own reputation was liable to suf fer ...
... expected the capture or expulsion of the British army in Boston . He felt the im- portance of securing the confidence of his coun- trymen by some brilliant action , and was fully sensible that his own reputation was liable to suf fer ...
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