Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 22
... head of the Chesa- peake , southward into Maryland , and the people of that province had been compelled to take arms for the defence of their territory . Apprehensive that Virginia might be invaded , the Potomac was guarded , and , as ...
... head of the Chesa- peake , southward into Maryland , and the people of that province had been compelled to take arms for the defence of their territory . Apprehensive that Virginia might be invaded , the Potomac was guarded , and , as ...
Page 24
... head of his house . George , the eldest son by the second marriage , was instructed at home , and in a school kept by one of his father's tenants , the sexton of the parish , named Hobby , whose own acquirements were probably limited to ...
... head of his house . George , the eldest son by the second marriage , was instructed at home , and in a school kept by one of his father's tenants , the sexton of the parish , named Hobby , whose own acquirements were probably limited to ...
Page 88
... head of Piney creek . " 6 There is little reason to doubt that it was the intention of the savage to kill one or both of them . Washington , alluding to the incident , writes : " We fell in with a A TREACHEROUS INDIAN.
... head of Piney creek . " 6 There is little reason to doubt that it was the intention of the savage to kill one or both of them . Washington , alluding to the incident , writes : " We fell in with a A TREACHEROUS INDIAN.
Page 92
... him for other and higher duties , manifestly extended a protecting shield over his beloved head . " * Orations and Speeches , i . 588 , ET . 22. ] PREPARATIONS FOR WAR . 93 CHAPTER 92 [ 1754 . WASHINGTON : A BIOGRAPHY .
... him for other and higher duties , manifestly extended a protecting shield over his beloved head . " * Orations and Speeches , i . 588 , ET . 22. ] PREPARATIONS FOR WAR . 93 CHAPTER 92 [ 1754 . WASHINGTON : A BIOGRAPHY .
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... head of one hundred and fifty " self - willed , ungovernable " recruits . His old instructor , Adjutant Muse , had been made a captain , and soon after a major , and the captaincy vacated by his promotion was , on Washington's ...
... head of one hundred and fifty " self - willed , ungovernable " recruits . His old instructor , Adjutant Muse , had been made a captain , and soon after a major , and the captaincy vacated by his promotion was , on Washington's ...
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