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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... Virginia troops - His efforts to de- . fend the Frontiers - His exertions in the expedition under General Forbes to gain possession of Fort du Quesne - Re- signs his commission PAGE I CHAPTER II . Colonel Washington's Marriage - His ...
... Virginia troops - His efforts to de- . fend the Frontiers - His exertions in the expedition under General Forbes to gain possession of Fort du Quesne - Re- signs his commission PAGE I CHAPTER II . Colonel Washington's Marriage - His ...
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... Virginia - Plan to capture him - Mutiny in the Ame- rican Camp - Violence of the Pennsylvania Line - Order restored - Weak state of the Army - The French Court grants a Loan to the United States - Exertion of the States to enable the ...
... Virginia - Plan to capture him - Mutiny in the Ame- rican Camp - Violence of the Pennsylvania Line - Order restored - Weak state of the Army - The French Court grants a Loan to the United States - Exertion of the States to enable the ...
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... Virginia respecting him -His Visitors and Correspondents - His Plans to improve the Navigation of the Potowmack and James Rivers - De- clines the grant of Virginia - His Advice to the Cincinnati— State of Public Affairs- National ...
... Virginia respecting him -His Visitors and Correspondents - His Plans to improve the Navigation of the Potowmack and James Rivers - De- clines the grant of Virginia - His Advice to the Cincinnati— State of Public Affairs- National ...
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... Virginia , on the 22d day of February , 1732. He was the third son of Mr. Augustine Washington , and the great grand- son of Mr. John Washington , a gentleman of a family of some distinction in the north of Eng- land , who emigrated ...
... Virginia , on the 22d day of February , 1732. He was the third son of Mr. Augustine Washington , and the great grand- son of Mr. John Washington , a gentleman of a family of some distinction in the north of Eng- land , who emigrated ...
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... for actual service , at nineteen he was appointed one of the adjutant generals of Virginia , with the rank of major ; from the execution of the duties of this commission , honourable to his age , he was soon 2 [ 1747 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... for actual service , at nineteen he was appointed one of the adjutant generals of Virginia , with the rank of major ; from the execution of the duties of this commission , honourable to his age , he was soon 2 [ 1747 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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