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 Honourable 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, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volumen2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... CHAP . I. October 31 . His mission on the Ohio . He commenced his journey from Williams- 1753. burg , the day on which he was commissioned , and arrived on the 14th of November at Wills ' creek , then the extreme frontier settlement of ...
... CHAP . I. October 31 . His mission on the Ohio . He commenced his journey from Williams- 1753. burg , the day on which he was commissioned , and arrived on the 14th of November at Wills ' creek , then the extreme frontier settlement of ...
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... CHAP . I. troops should be unmolested on their march , 1754 . heavy complaints were made of their being plundered and maltreated by the Indians . The cause of their complaints was perhaps unavoid- able ; for it was always found ...
... CHAP . I. troops should be unmolested on their march , 1754 . heavy complaints were made of their being plundered and maltreated by the Indians . The cause of their complaints was perhaps unavoid- able ; for it was always found ...
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... CHAP . I. follow by slow and easy marches ; and to press 1755. forward himself as expeditiously as possible to fort du Quesne , with a chosen body of troops , some pieces of light artillery , and stores of ab- solute and immediate ...
... CHAP . I. follow by slow and easy marches ; and to press 1755. forward himself as expeditiously as possible to fort du Quesne , with a chosen body of troops , some pieces of light artillery , and stores of ab- solute and immediate ...
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... CHAP . I. Braddock in person , accompanied by sir Peter 1755 . Halket , now acting as a brigadier , the lieu- tenant colonels , Gage , and Burton , and by major Spark , should advance with the utmost expedi- tion against fort du Quesne ...
... CHAP . I. Braddock in person , accompanied by sir Peter 1755 . Halket , now acting as a brigadier , the lieu- tenant colonels , Gage , and Burton , and by major Spark , should advance with the utmost expedi- tion against fort du Quesne ...
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... CHAP . I. see him fall . " His duty and situation exposed him to every danger . Nothing but the super- intending care of Providence could have saved him from the fate of all around him . " death of that At length , after an action of ...
... CHAP . I. see him fall . " His duty and situation exposed him to every danger . Nothing but the super- intending care of Providence could have saved him from the fate of all around him . " death of that At length , after an action of ...
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