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. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, Volumen 4Richard Phillips, 1805 |
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... soldiers to the continental army , besides garrisons for the forts they had erected in their country for their own se- curity . Unfortunately , they had not been exempted from those political divisions , which , carried to an excess ...
... soldiers to the continental army , besides garrisons for the forts they had erected in their country for their own se- curity . Unfortunately , they had not been exempted from those political divisions , which , carried to an excess ...
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Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the ... continental soldiers , amounting verned GENERAL WASHINGTON . 27.
Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the ... continental soldiers , amounting verned GENERAL WASHINGTON . 27.
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... continental soldiers , amounting to about seventy , were hacked to pieces . The remaining men , with the women and children , shared the fate of their brethren in Kingston . They perished in the flames . All show of resistance was now ...
... continental soldiers , amounting to about seventy , were hacked to pieces . The remaining men , with the women and children , shared the fate of their brethren in Kingston . They perished in the flames . All show of resistance was now ...
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... troops behaved so well , that the assailants were repulsed with loss . The 4th Pennsylvania regiment , raised in the ... continental troops , assisted by about thirty rangers , Colonel Butler entered the enemy's country , and , after a ...
... troops behaved so well , that the assailants were repulsed with loss . The 4th Pennsylvania regiment , raised in the ... continental troops , assisted by about thirty rangers , Colonel Butler entered the enemy's country , and , after a ...
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... army , consisting of between six and seven hun- dred continental troops , aided by a few hundred militia , had taken post in the neighbourhood of the town of Savannah , then the capital of Georgia , situated on the southern bank of the ...
... army , consisting of between six and seven hun- dred continental troops , aided by a few hundred militia , had taken post in the neighbourhood of the town of Savannah , then the capital of Georgia , situated on the southern bank of the ...
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