Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 66
... Britain asserted her rights to all the country west of her dominions on the seaboard , as natu- rally appertaining to them , and to that between the mountains and the Mississippi , by an additional title derived from the Indians . By ...
... Britain asserted her rights to all the country west of her dominions on the seaboard , as natu- rally appertaining to them , and to that between the mountains and the Mississippi , by an additional title derived from the Indians . By ...
Page 67
... Britain was restrained from the maintenance of her colonial rights against the French by apprehensions of American independ- Peter Kalm , an accomplished and sensible Swedish traveller , who came to this country in 1748 and remained ...
... Britain was restrained from the maintenance of her colonial rights against the French by apprehensions of American independ- Peter Kalm , an accomplished and sensible Swedish traveller , who came to this country in 1748 and remained ...
Page 84
... on the Ohio or its waters . Governor Dinwiddie declared in his letter that the lands on the Ohio belonged to the crown of Great Britain , complained of the ET . 21. ] M. DE ST . PIERRE'S ANSWER 84 [ 1753 . WASHINGTON : A BIOGRAPHY .
... on the Ohio or its waters . Governor Dinwiddie declared in his letter that the lands on the Ohio belonged to the crown of Great Britain , complained of the ET . 21. ] M. DE ST . PIERRE'S ANSWER 84 [ 1753 . WASHINGTON : A BIOGRAPHY .
Page 85
... Britain thereto . His answer shall be law to me .... As to the summons you send me to retire , I do not think myself obliged to obey it . Whatever may be your instructions , I am here by virtue of the orders of my gen- eral ; and I ...
... Britain thereto . His answer shall be law to me .... As to the summons you send me to retire , I do not think myself obliged to obey it . Whatever may be your instructions , I am here by virtue of the orders of my gen- eral ; and I ...
Page 93
... Britain would retain her American possessions , or her colonies would save themselves from the hor- rors of border warfare and ultimate destruction . Anticipating the state of things contemplated by the ministry , when imposing it as a ...
... Britain would retain her American possessions , or her colonies would save themselves from the hor- rors of border warfare and ultimate destruction . Anticipating the state of things contemplated by the ministry , when imposing it as a ...
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