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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... Island - Interview between General Washington and Colonel Patterson - State of the British and American Forces - Camp at Brooklyn - Battle on Long Island - Retreat from it - The City and Island of New York evacuated - Manoeuvres at ...
... Island - Interview between General Washington and Colonel Patterson - State of the British and American Forces - Camp at Brooklyn - Battle on Long Island - Retreat from it - The City and Island of New York evacuated - Manoeuvres at ...
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... Island - It fails - Disaffection between the American and French Offi- cers - Measures of the Commander in Chief to prevent the ill consequences of it - Army goes into Winter Quarters in the High Lands 169 CHAPTER VI .. Plan formed by ...
... Island - It fails - Disaffection between the American and French Offi- cers - Measures of the Commander in Chief to prevent the ill consequences of it - Army goes into Winter Quarters in the High Lands 169 CHAPTER VI .. Plan formed by ...
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... Island fails CHAPTER VII . 207 Amount of Paper Emission - Congress destitute of Means to support the War - Supplies apportioned upon the States- Exertions of the Commander in Chief - Mutiny in part of the Army - The British make an ...
... Island fails CHAPTER VII . 207 Amount of Paper Emission - Congress destitute of Means to support the War - Supplies apportioned upon the States- Exertions of the Commander in Chief - Mutiny in part of the Army - The British make an ...
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... island . The cold was so severe that Mr. Gist , the pilot , had his hands and feet frozen . The next morning , without hazard , they passed the river on the ice , and were received into the lodgings of Mr. Frazier , an Indian trader ...
... island . The cold was so severe that Mr. Gist , the pilot , had his hands and feet frozen . The next morning , without hazard , they passed the river on the ice , and were received into the lodgings of Mr. Frazier , an Indian trader ...
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... Island of St. John into General Washington's camp ; he treated them with the greatest tenderness , and permitted them immediately to return to their distressed fa- milies . In the course of the autumn , gradual ap- proaches were made ...
... Island of St. John into General Washington's camp ; he treated them with the greatest tenderness , and permitted them immediately to return to their distressed fa- milies . In the course of the autumn , gradual ap- proaches were made ...
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