The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Volumen3C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... thousand dollars ; but the principal advantage contemplated was , to draw in a large sum of continental money by the sales of the tickets , to retain with the consent of the suc- cessful adventurers , the small prizes in each class ...
... thousand dollars ; but the principal advantage contemplated was , to draw in a large sum of continental money by the sales of the tickets , to retain with the consent of the suc- cessful adventurers , the small prizes in each class ...
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... thousand cavalry ; and to enable general Washington to create a corps of engineers . In this important branch of the military art , the Americans were peculiarly defective . No state of things had heretofore existed which held forth ...
... thousand cavalry ; and to enable general Washington to create a corps of engineers . In this important branch of the military art , the Americans were peculiarly defective . No state of things had heretofore existed which held forth ...
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... thousand men under general Lincoln marched from Massa- chussetts , and a force in proportion to its po- pulation , was raised in Connecticut . Of these the greater number were detained by the inva- sion of Rhode island ; but a few ...
... thousand men under general Lincoln marched from Massa- chussetts , and a force in proportion to its po- pulation , was raised in Connecticut . Of these the greater number were detained by the inva- sion of Rhode island ; but a few ...
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... thousand men were understood to CHAP . II . be in the neighbourhood of King's bridge , and the whole force on the island was not calculated at a much more considerable number . On Long island , it was said there was only De- lancy's ...
... thousand men were understood to CHAP . II . be in the neighbourhood of King's bridge , and the whole force on the island was not calculated at a much more considerable number . On Long island , it was said there was only De- lancy's ...
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... thousand strong , was also abandoned . He had proposed landing near Howland's ferry , on a point of land which projects from the island , and is commanded by high grounds on the opposite shore , where the Americans had erected a battery ...
... thousand strong , was also abandoned . He had proposed landing near Howland's ferry , on a point of land which projects from the island , and is commanded by high grounds on the opposite shore , where the Americans had erected a battery ...
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