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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... important public transactions . The plan of the writer has been to notice no individual or event further than was necessary to dis- play the principal character . He has made Judge Marshall his leading authority for facts , and has in ...
... important public transactions . The plan of the writer has been to notice no individual or event further than was necessary to dis- play the principal character . He has made Judge Marshall his leading authority for facts , and has in ...
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... important papers , and the necessary provisions in their packs , and with their guns in their hands , prosecuted their journey on foot the nearest way through the woods . The next day , December 26 , as he passed a place , called the ...
... important papers , and the necessary provisions in their packs , and with their guns in their hands , prosecuted their journey on foot the nearest way through the woods . The next day , December 26 , as he passed a place , called the ...
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... raise a regiment to consist of sixteen companies . The important transactions in which Colonel Washington had been engaged , developed his character and his reputation rose by every public trust with 16 [ 1755 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... raise a regiment to consist of sixteen companies . The important transactions in which Colonel Washington had been engaged , developed his character and his reputation rose by every public trust with 16 [ 1755 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... importance of le- gislative interference to conciliate those Indians who were not already attached to the French ; and to adopt effectual means and regulations to sup- port and discipline the troops ; when information reached him of an ...
... importance of le- gislative interference to conciliate those Indians who were not already attached to the French ; and to adopt effectual means and regulations to sup- port and discipline the troops ; when information reached him of an ...
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... important measure were overruled , and to his extreme mortification , the new route of the army was adopted . The disappointment and gloony prospect which he entertained , are strong- ly expressed in the following letter , written from ...
... important measure were overruled , and to his extreme mortification , the new route of the army was adopted . The disappointment and gloony prospect which he entertained , are strong- ly expressed in the following letter , written from ...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the ..., Volumes 1-2 Aaron Bancroft Visualização integral - 1860 |
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