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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... Philadelphia 1 Mud Island and Red Bank fortified - Obstructions in the River - Attack on Mud Island - Count Donop defeated- British surmount the Fortifications of the River - Plan to attack Philadelphia -- Sir William Howe reconnoitres ...
... Philadelphia 1 Mud Island and Red Bank fortified - Obstructions in the River - Attack on Mud Island - Count Donop defeated- British surmount the Fortifications of the River - Plan to attack Philadelphia -- Sir William Howe reconnoitres ...
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... Philadelphia , and marches through New Jersey to New York - General Washington pursues him - Battle of Monmouth - Thanks of Congress to the General and Army -General Lee censured - He demands a Court Martial , and is suspended from his ...
... Philadelphia , and marches through New Jersey to New York - General Washington pursues him - Battle of Monmouth - Thanks of Congress to the General and Army -General Lee censured - He demands a Court Martial , and is suspended from his ...
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... Philadelphia - His Tour to the Southern States - Second Congress - The President refuses his Signature to the Representative Bill - Contemplates re- tiring to private Life - Consents to be a Candidate for the Second Presidency · 372 ...
... Philadelphia - His Tour to the Southern States - Second Congress - The President refuses his Signature to the Representative Bill - Contemplates re- tiring to private Life - Consents to be a Candidate for the Second Presidency · 372 ...
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... Philadelphia into winter quarters . The British troops had not been accustomed to Indian warfare ; and , on this occasion , Colonel Washington indignantly witnessed their pusilla- nimity . In an official relation of the engage- ment ...
... Philadelphia into winter quarters . The British troops had not been accustomed to Indian warfare ; and , on this occasion , Colonel Washington indignantly witnessed their pusilla- nimity . In an official relation of the engage- ment ...
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... Philadelphia in 1774 ; in which body he had a distinguished agency in the ar- rangement of the military resources of the United Provinces . He was the active member of the committees , to which business of this nature was entrusted ...
... Philadelphia in 1774 ; in which body he had a distinguished agency in the ar- rangement of the military resources of the United Provinces . He was the active member of the committees , to which business of this nature was entrusted ...
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