The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesJohn Stochdale, 1808 - 560 páginas |
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... consequences of it - Army goes into Winter Quarters in the High Lands 169 CHAPTER VI . Plan formed by Congress and the French Minister for the in- vasion of Canada and Nova Scotia - General Washington's objections to it - Delinquency of ...
... consequences of it - Army goes into Winter Quarters in the High Lands 169 CHAPTER VI . Plan formed by Congress and the French Minister for the in- vasion of Canada and Nova Scotia - General Washington's objections to it - Delinquency of ...
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... consequences , and blamed without the benefit of defence . If you can think my situation capable of exciting the smallest degree of envy , or of affording the least satisfaction , the truth is yet hid from you , and you entertain ...
... consequences , and blamed without the benefit of defence . If you can think my situation capable of exciting the smallest degree of envy , or of affording the least satisfaction , the truth is yet hid from you , and you entertain ...
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... consequence given up ; and by his advice frequent scouts , consisting principally of Indians , were substituted . The prediction of Co- lonel Washington , respecting the body of Indians at Winchester , was verified ; before the campaign ...
... consequence given up ; and by his advice frequent scouts , consisting principally of Indians , were substituted . The prediction of Co- lonel Washington , respecting the body of Indians at Winchester , was verified ; before the campaign ...
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... consequences to the colonies , which had exerted themselves be- yond their strength to drive the French from the Ohio the present campaign . In the same letter , he communicated an order of march on Braddock's road , which would bring ...
... consequences to the colonies , which had exerted themselves be- yond their strength to drive the French from the Ohio the present campaign . In the same letter , he communicated an order of march on Braddock's road , which would bring ...
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... consequences of a miscarriage , and a miscarriage the almost necessary consequence of an attempt to march the army by this route . ” The judgment and advice of Colonel Washing- ton in this important measure were overruled , and to his ...
... consequences of a miscarriage , and a miscarriage the almost necessary consequence of an attempt to march the army by this route . ” The judgment and advice of Colonel Washing- ton in this important measure were overruled , and to his ...
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