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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... thousand acres , all under his own management . On which , in one year , he raised seven thousand bushels of wheat , and ten thousand of Indian corn . His domestic and farming establishments were composed of nearly a thousand persons ...
... thousand acres , all under his own management . On which , in one year , he raised seven thousand bushels of wheat , and ten thousand of Indian corn . His domestic and farming establishments were composed of nearly a thousand persons ...
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... General Gage had , at his disposal , a force con- sisting of eight thousand men , and , by the aid of his shipping , he was enabled to direct it to any point of the extended lines of the Americans , whose 46 [ 1775 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... General Gage had , at his disposal , a force con- sisting of eight thousand men , and , by the aid of his shipping , he was enabled to direct it to any point of the extended lines of the Americans , whose 46 [ 1775 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... thousand men , by the rivers Kennebeck and St. Francis , to co - ope- rate with General Montgomery in Canada ; and , if possible , to surprise Quebec , the capital of that province . Arnold , and about six hundred of his men , actuated ...
... thousand men , by the rivers Kennebeck and St. Francis , to co - ope- rate with General Montgomery in Canada ; and , if possible , to surprise Quebec , the capital of that province . Arnold , and about six hundred of his men , actuated ...
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... thousand three hundred and seventy - two men ; but unhappily , the men were to be inlisted only for one year . The evils resulting from short in- listments were severely . felt at the close of the next campaign , even to the utmost ...
... thousand three hundred and seventy - two men ; but unhappily , the men were to be inlisted only for one year . The evils resulting from short in- listments were severely . felt at the close of the next campaign , even to the utmost ...
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... thousand six hundred and fifty men had inlisted for the new army , and many of these were of necessity permitted to be absent on furlough . It was found impossible to retain the old troops a single day after their times ex- 56 [ 1775 ...
... thousand six hundred and fifty men had inlisted for the new army , and many of these were of necessity permitted to be absent on furlough . It was found impossible to retain the old troops a single day after their times ex- 56 [ 1775 ...
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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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