The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States, in the War which Established Their Independence; and First President of the United StatesL. Hanfard & Sons, 1807 - 464 страница |
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... ment , and , after firing once , rushed in , and surrounded them . The commanding officer , mons . Jumonville , was killed , one person escaped , and all the rest immediately surren dered . Soon after this affair , colonel Fry died ...
... ment , and , after firing once , rushed in , and surrounded them . The commanding officer , mons . Jumonville , was killed , one person escaped , and all the rest immediately surren dered . Soon after this affair , colonel Fry died ...
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... ment , fort Duquesne might be reached , in its present weak state , with a force sufficient to reduce it before expected reinforcements should arrive . General Braddock approved the scheme , and submitted it to the con- sideration of a ...
... ment , fort Duquesne might be reached , in its present weak state , with a force sufficient to reduce it before expected reinforcements should arrive . General Braddock approved the scheme , and submitted it to the con- sideration of a ...
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... ment , though unaccustomed to restraint , and infused into them such a spirit as made them when in action fight like men and die like soldiers . The difficulties of defending such an ex- tensive frontier with so inadequate a force ...
... ment , though unaccustomed to restraint , and infused into them such a spirit as made them when in action fight like men and die like soldiers . The difficulties of defending such an ex- tensive frontier with so inadequate a force ...
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... ment till the peace of Paris , in 1763 , were 1763 . considered as instruments of commerce . Soon after that event , a short - sighted minister undertook to convert them into instruments of revenue . The right of taxing the colonies was ...
... ment till the peace of Paris , in 1763 , were 1763 . considered as instruments of commerce . Soon after that event , a short - sighted minister undertook to convert them into instruments of revenue . The right of taxing the colonies was ...
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... ment ; the reader is referred to the historians of the American revolution . In these great events , Washington , whose residence was 600 miles distant from the scene of action , had no more particular agency than other in- fluential ...
... ment ; the reader is referred to the historians of the American revolution . In these great events , Washington , whose residence was 600 miles distant from the scene of action , had no more particular agency than other in- fluential ...
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