Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 93
... assembly to a sense of danger , but no supplies had been voted for military purposes . He now summoned a convention of the house of bur- gesses , sent agents to effect alliances with the southern Indian tribes , the Catawbas and ...
... assembly to a sense of danger , but no supplies had been voted for military purposes . He now summoned a convention of the house of bur- gesses , sent agents to effect alliances with the southern Indian tribes , the Catawbas and ...
Page 95
... assembly of Pennsylvania were very reasonably displeased at this generous disposition of territory which they asserted was within the limits of that province . Governor Dinwiddie adroitly replied to an expostulatory letter of Governor ...
... assembly of Pennsylvania were very reasonably displeased at this generous disposition of territory which they asserted was within the limits of that province . Governor Dinwiddie adroitly replied to an expostulatory letter of Governor ...
Page 100
... assembly of Maryland was to sit in five days , " he wrote , " that the Pennsylvania assembly is now sitting , and that , by giving timely notice , something might be done in favor of this expedition , which now requires all the force we ...
... assembly of Maryland was to sit in five days , " he wrote , " that the Pennsylvania assembly is now sitting , and that , by giving timely notice , something might be done in favor of this expedition , which now requires all the force we ...
Page 146
... ASSEMBLY - FRANK- LIN VISITS THE CAMP - HIS INTERVIEWS WITH BRADDOCK - PROVIDES FOR HIM HORSES AND WAGONS - BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH WASHINGTON — THE MARCH TO WILL'S CREEK - THE MUSTER AT FORT CUMBERLAND — GATES , Morgan , etc. COLONEL ...
... ASSEMBLY - FRANK- LIN VISITS THE CAMP - HIS INTERVIEWS WITH BRADDOCK - PROVIDES FOR HIM HORSES AND WAGONS - BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH WASHINGTON — THE MARCH TO WILL'S CREEK - THE MUSTER AT FORT CUMBERLAND — GATES , Morgan , etc. COLONEL ...
Page 147
... assembly of that province a communication from General Brad- dock in which he stated that he should " take due care to burthen those colonies most that showed least loyalty to his majesty ; and that he was determined to obtain by ...
... assembly of that province a communication from General Brad- dock in which he stated that he should " take due care to burthen those colonies most that showed least loyalty to his majesty ; and that he was determined to obtain by ...
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