Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 65
... lakes , and down the Mississippi river , French politics , with the Roman religion , had com- passed , through the ... Lake Erie to New Orleans , already a town of considerable importance , and it was apparent to sagacious statesmen ...
... lakes , and down the Mississippi river , French politics , with the Roman religion , had com- passed , through the ... Lake Erie to New Orleans , already a town of considerable importance , and it was apparent to sagacious statesmen ...
Page 66
... Lake Ontario . The chiefs of these tribes , in 1744 , had met at Lancaster commissioners from Pennsylvania , Maryland , and Virginia , and had ceded to them the lands in question , for four hundred pounds , alleging that they had been ...
... Lake Ontario . The chiefs of these tribes , in 1744 , had met at Lancaster commissioners from Pennsylvania , Maryland , and Virginia , and had ceded to them the lands in question , for four hundred pounds , alleging that they had been ...
Page 71
... LAKE ERIE- HOSTILITIES COMMENCED BY M. DUQUESNE -ROBERT DINWIDDIE MADE GOVERNOR - HIS OFFICIAL CONDUCT - MISSION OF CAPTAIN TRENT - WASHING- TON APPOINTED TO VISIT THE FRENCH POSTS - VAN BRAAM HIS INTERPRETER AND GIST HIS GUIDE ...
... LAKE ERIE- HOSTILITIES COMMENCED BY M. DUQUESNE -ROBERT DINWIDDIE MADE GOVERNOR - HIS OFFICIAL CONDUCT - MISSION OF CAPTAIN TRENT - WASHING- TON APPOINTED TO VISIT THE FRENCH POSTS - VAN BRAAM HIS INTERPRETER AND GIST HIS GUIDE ...
Page 73
... Lake Erie to complain in person of their intended aggressions . " Fathers , " said he , " you are disturbers of this land , by building towns , and taking it from us , by fraud or force . We kindled a fire long ago at Montreal , where ...
... Lake Erie to complain in person of their intended aggressions . " Fathers , " said he , " you are disturbers of this land , by building towns , and taking it from us , by fraud or force . We kindled a fire long ago at Montreal , where ...
Page 76
... lakes , the means of communication with Canada , the reinforcements expected , how many forts had been erected , how they were garrisoned and ap- pointed , and their distances from each other ; and , in short , to learn every thing ...
... lakes , the means of communication with Canada , the reinforcements expected , how many forts had been erected , how they were garrisoned and ap- pointed , and their distances from each other ; and , in short , to learn every thing ...
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