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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... House of Burgesses of his pro- vince . Although never distinguished as a popular speaker , yet the soundness of his judgment , the wisdom of his counsels , and the uniform pro- priety of his behaviour , secured him the confi- dence and ...
... House of Burgesses of his pro- vince . Although never distinguished as a popular speaker , yet the soundness of his judgment , the wisdom of his counsels , and the uniform pro- priety of his behaviour , secured him the confi- dence and ...
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... houses were not damaged in any great degree ; but the British left few public stores of value . Although Halifax was mentioned , as the destin- ed place of the British armament , yet General Washington apprehended that New York was ...
... houses were not damaged in any great degree ; but the British left few public stores of value . Although Halifax was mentioned , as the destin- ed place of the British armament , yet General Washington apprehended that New York was ...
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... houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed , and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness , from which no human efforts will deliver them . The fate of unborn millions will now depend , under God , on the courage and con ...
... houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed , and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness , from which no human efforts will deliver them . The fate of unborn millions will now depend , under God , on the courage and con ...
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... , in person , attacked Lord Cornwallis , who , by this time having gained the coast , had posted a small corps in a house , just above the place where the American troops must pass the creek . 88 [ 1776 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... , in person , attacked Lord Cornwallis , who , by this time having gained the coast , had posted a small corps in a house , just above the place where the American troops must pass the creek . 88 [ 1776 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... house three miles from his force , he was surprized and taken prisoner by a detachment of British dragoons , General Washington also renewed his letters to Congress , and to the executives of the neighbour- ing states , urging them to ...
... house three miles from his force , he was surprized and taken prisoner by a detachment of British dragoons , General Washington also renewed his letters to Congress , and to the executives of the neighbour- ing states , urging them to ...
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