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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... River - Attack on Mud Island - Count Donop defeated- British surmount the Fortifications of the River - Plan to attack Philadelphia -- Sir William Howe reconnoitres the American Camp at White Marsh - The Army hutted at Valley Forge ...
... River - Attack on Mud Island - Count Donop defeated- British surmount the Fortifications of the River - Plan to attack Philadelphia -- Sir William Howe reconnoitres the American Camp at White Marsh - The Army hutted at Valley Forge ...
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... General Sullivan - He destroys their Towns -The American Army posted for the defence of the High Lands on the North River , and for the protection of the Country against the incursions of the British - Sir Henry CONTENTS . vii.
... General Sullivan - He destroys their Towns -The American Army posted for the defence of the High Lands on the North River , and for the protection of the Country against the incursions of the British - Sir Henry CONTENTS . vii.
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... Rivers - De- clines the grant of Virginia - His Advice to the Cincinnati— State of Public Affairs- National Convention - General Washington its President - Federal Constitution recom- mended and adopted - General Washington requested to ...
... Rivers - De- clines the grant of Virginia - His Advice to the Cincinnati— State of Public Affairs- National Convention - General Washington its President - Federal Constitution recom- mended and adopted - General Washington requested to ...
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... rivers , as a place highly expedient for the English to possess and fortify . On this site the French soon ... river , and at the mouth of French Creek found the first French post . Proceeding up the creck to another fort , he ...
... rivers , as a place highly expedient for the English to possess and fortify . On this site the French soon ... river , and at the mouth of French Creek found the first French post . Proceeding up the creck to another fort , he ...
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... river two miles above the Shannapis , expecting to find it frozen over ; but the ice extended only fifty yards from the shore ; though quantities of it were driving in the channel . A raft was their only means of passing , and they had ...
... river two miles above the Shannapis , expecting to find it frozen over ; but the ice extended only fifty yards from the shore ; though quantities of it were driving in the channel . A raft was their only means of passing , and they had ...
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