The Life of George WashingtonC. Scribner, 1856 - 477 páginas |
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Página xi
... Arrival of Lafayette - His Interview with Washington - The British land at Elk and march on Phila- delphia Washington advances to meet them - Skirmishing - Washington re - crosses the Brandywine and takes position near Chad's Ford ...
... Arrival of Lafayette - His Interview with Washington - The British land at Elk and march on Phila- delphia Washington advances to meet them - Skirmishing - Washington re - crosses the Brandywine and takes position near Chad's Ford ...
Página xii
... Arrival of Lafayette with the news of a large French Force having sailed - Noble Conduct of the Ladies of Philadelphia , and of Robert Morris , in Supplying the Soldiers with Clothing . CHAPTER XII . Fall of Charleston - Arrival of the ...
... Arrival of Lafayette with the news of a large French Force having sailed - Noble Conduct of the Ladies of Philadelphia , and of Robert Morris , in Supplying the Soldiers with Clothing . CHAPTER XII . Fall of Charleston - Arrival of the ...
Página xiii
... Arrival and wel- come at New York - Installation of Washington as First President of the United States - He declines Compensation for his Services - Illness and Recovery - Debate on Titles - Death of the Mother of Washington - Organi ...
... Arrival and wel- come at New York - Installation of Washington as First President of the United States - He declines Compensation for his Services - Illness and Recovery - Debate on Titles - Death of the Mother of Washington - Organi ...
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... arrived on the earth , whose life is to change the current of history . We love to associate mysterious phenomena with strange and mysterious men . When Cromwell's stormy spirit was passing from this troubled sphere , the enraged winds ...
... arrived on the earth , whose life is to change the current of history . We love to associate mysterious phenomena with strange and mysterious men . When Cromwell's stormy spirit was passing from this troubled sphere , the enraged winds ...
Página 45
... arrival of a messenger from the Half - King , who lay with his warriors about six miles distant , reporting that the French detach- ment was close by him . It was pitch - dark , and the rain fell in torrents , but young Washington , as ...
... arrival of a messenger from the Half - King , who lay with his warriors about six miles distant , reporting that the French detach- ment was close by him . It was pitch - dark , and the rain fell in torrents , but young Washington , as ...
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