Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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... COMMAND OF THE ARMY AT CAMBRIDGE , 1775 584 MAP OF BOSTON , WITH ITS ENVIRONS ... 619 PORTRAITS OF GENERAL GAGE , SIR HENRY CLINTON , CHARLES MARQUIS CORN- WALLIS , GENERAL BURGOYNE , AND LORD HOWE .... 620 DEATH OF GENERAL MONTGOMERY ...
... COMMAND OF THE ARMY AT CAMBRIDGE , 1775 584 MAP OF BOSTON , WITH ITS ENVIRONS ... 619 PORTRAITS OF GENERAL GAGE , SIR HENRY CLINTON , CHARLES MARQUIS CORN- WALLIS , GENERAL BURGOYNE , AND LORD HOWE .... 620 DEATH OF GENERAL MONTGOMERY ...
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... 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 , whose predatory.
... 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 , whose predatory.
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... command of all the forces , sea and land , in America , and in March sailed from Toulon , with a small squadron , but was soon after utterly defeated and driven back by the English . - See Winthrop Sargent's Expedi- tion against Fort ...
... command of all the forces , sea and land , in America , and in March sailed from Toulon , with a small squadron , but was soon after utterly defeated and driven back by the English . - See Winthrop Sargent's Expedi- tion against Fort ...
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... command of the Ohio . Being informed of Washington's business , he said there was a general officer at Fort Le Boeuf , who would attend to it ; and thereupon invited the party of the expedition to sup with him at his quarters . Joncaire ...
... command of the Ohio . Being informed of Washington's business , he said there was a general officer at Fort Le Boeuf , who would attend to it ; and thereupon invited the party of the expedition to sup with him at his quarters . Joncaire ...
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... command at Le Boeuf . It was not without extreme difficulty that Washington could prevail on the Indians to accompany him , as every stratagem that could be devised had been used to prevent their doing so . At noon on the seventh ...
... command at Le Boeuf . It was not without extreme difficulty that Washington could prevail on the Indians to accompany him , as every stratagem that could be devised had been used to prevent their doing so . At noon on the seventh ...
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