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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... influential of these , was a prospect of accommodation with the parent state . Want of experience in the manage- ment of war upon an extensive scale was another . The revolutionary conflict placed the people of America in a situation ...
... influential of these , was a prospect of accommodation with the parent state . Want of experience in the manage- ment of war upon an extensive scale was another . The revolutionary conflict placed the people of America in a situation ...
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... influence upon the military arrangements of Ame- rica ; this jealous'spirit early insinuated itself into the legislative bodies of the colonies , and was displayed in many of their measures . It appears in the address presented by the ...
... influence upon the military arrangements of Ame- rica ; this jealous'spirit early insinuated itself into the legislative bodies of the colonies , and was displayed in many of their measures . It appears in the address presented by the ...
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... influence upon the operations of the army , had resolved , in Dec. 1775 , " That if General Wash- ington and his council of war should be of opi- nion , that a successful attack might be made on the troops in Boston , he should make it ...
... influence upon the operations of the army , had resolved , in Dec. 1775 , " That if General Wash- ington and his council of war should be of opi- nion , that a successful attack might be made on the troops in Boston , he should make it ...
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... influence on that body , and on many of the general officers of the army ; nor were they convinced of their error , but by the most distress- ing experience . FEB . 14. ] The ice now became sufficiently strong for General Washington to ...
... influence on that body , and on many of the general officers of the army ; nor were they convinced of their error , but by the most distress- ing experience . FEB . 14. ] The ice now became sufficiently strong for General Washington to ...
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... those in New York and its neighbourhood , who were disaffected to the American cause : these were numerous , influential and enterprising . A plan was laid by . Governor Tryon , through the 1776. ] LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 73.
... those in New York and its neighbourhood , who were disaffected to the American cause : these were numerous , influential and enterprising . A plan was laid by . Governor Tryon , through the 1776. ] LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 73.
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