Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 26
... chief of all his majesty's naval forces in the West Indies , had often boasted that with six ships only he could ... chiefs it was resolved to attack Carthagena , and on the ninth of May an assault was made upon the forts guarding the ...
... chief of all his majesty's naval forces in the West Indies , had often boasted that with six ships only he could ... chiefs it was resolved to attack Carthagena , and on the ninth of May an assault was made upon the forts guarding the ...
Page 30
... Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench . " The copy that she used , in which is written with her own hand her name , Mary Washington , was preserved with filial care by her son , who exemplified in so striking a manner its admirable ...
... Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench . " The copy that she used , in which is written with her own hand her name , Mary Washington , was preserved with filial care by her son , who exemplified in so striking a manner its admirable ...
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... chief justice of the Bahamas , whence he was transferred to some office in New England . He was living here when his kinsman Lord Fairfax persuaded him to undertake the charge of his estates in Virginia . Here he became distin- guished ...
... chief justice of the Bahamas , whence he was transferred to some office in New England . He was living here when his kinsman Lord Fairfax persuaded him to undertake the charge of his estates in Virginia . Here he became distin- guished ...
Page 57
... chief moral and physical qualities , he was found above all men fitted to appreciate its efficiency and command its confidence . In these three years he had also ample opportunities for studying the character and temper of the Indians ...
... chief moral and physical qualities , he was found above all men fitted to appreciate its efficiency and command its confidence . In these three years he had also ample opportunities for studying the character and temper of the Indians ...
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... chief gave a narrative of his visit to the commandant of the French posts on Lake Erie , and exhibited a drawing , made by himself , of two forts which had been built , one on the lake , and the other at a creek fifteen miles inland ...
... chief gave a narrative of his visit to the commandant of the French posts on Lake Erie , and exhibited a drawing , made by himself , of two forts which had been built , one on the lake , and the other at a creek fifteen miles inland ...
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