Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 96
... Colonel Joshua Fry , a highly respectable English gentle- man , supposed to be well acquainted with the western country , and Washington was made second in command , with the rank of lieutenant colonel . In a letter to a relation , who ...
... Colonel Joshua Fry , a highly respectable English gentle- man , supposed to be well acquainted with the western country , and Washington was made second in command , with the rank of lieutenant colonel . In a letter to a relation , who ...
Page 99
... Colonel Fry had not yet joined him , nor had he any means of ascertaining , with certainty , when that officer would assume the command . The entire responsibility of deciding and acting , at a moment when the utmost promptness and ...
... Colonel Fry had not yet joined him , nor had he any means of ascertaining , with certainty , when that officer would assume the command . The entire responsibility of deciding and acting , at a moment when the utmost promptness and ...
Page 102
... colonel , fifteen shillings a day ; to a lieute- nant colonel , twelve shillings and sixpence ; to a major , ten shillings ; a captain , eight shillings ; a lieutenant , four shillings ; and an ensign , three shillings . The privates ...
... colonel , fifteen shillings a day ; to a lieute- nant colonel , twelve shillings and sixpence ; to a major , ten shillings ; a captain , eight shillings ; a lieutenant , four shillings ; and an ensign , three shillings . The privates ...
Page 109
... COLONEL FRY - WASHINGTON BECOMES COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDI- TION — REINFORCEMENTS― COLONEL INNES - CAPTAIN MACKY - DIFFICULTIES CONCERNING RANK — PRAYERS IN THE CAMP - ADVANCE TO GIST'S SETTLEMENT -DISCOURAGING RUMORS - RETREAT TO FORT ...
... COLONEL FRY - WASHINGTON BECOMES COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDI- TION — REINFORCEMENTS― COLONEL INNES - CAPTAIN MACKY - DIFFICULTIES CONCERNING RANK — PRAYERS IN THE CAMP - ADVANCE TO GIST'S SETTLEMENT -DISCOURAGING RUMORS - RETREAT TO FORT ...
Page 114
... Colonel Fry * rendered necessary a reorganization of the regiment , and he gave to Captain Adam Stephen , who had displayed unusual judgment and intre- pidity , a major's commission , which he found in blank among the papers of the ...
... Colonel Fry * rendered necessary a reorganization of the regiment , and he gave to Captain Adam Stephen , who had displayed unusual judgment and intre- pidity , a major's commission , which he found in blank among the papers of the ...
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