Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 61
... officer was appointed called an adjutant general , with the rank of major , and a salary of one hundred and fifty ... officers besides Lawrence Washington who had served in the French or Spanish wars , and some of them must have been ...
... officer was appointed called an adjutant general , with the rank of major , and a salary of one hundred and fifty ... officers besides Lawrence Washington who had served in the French or Spanish wars , and some of them must have been ...
Page 80
... officer whom he saw there where he might find the commandant , the person he addressed answered that he was himself ... officers , according to this respectable chronicler , was allotted a bottle of wine every day , two gallons of ...
... officer whom he saw there where he might find the commandant , the person he addressed answered that he was himself ... officers , according to this respectable chronicler , was allotted a bottle of wine every day , two gallons of ...
Page 83
... officers , a chapel , store house , and guard house , and , outside , several barracks and stables , and a smith's shop . The morning after his arrival Washington called at the gate , accompanied by M. Van Braam , to pay his respects ...
... officers , a chapel , store house , and guard house , and , outside , several barracks and stables , and a smith's shop . The morning after his arrival Washington called at the gate , accompanied by M. Van Braam , to pay his respects ...
Page 85
... officer .... I made it my particular care to receive Mr. Washington with a distinction suitable to your dignity , as ... officers , and the whole complexion of affairs on the frontier , left no doubt in his mind as to its nature , and he ...
... officer .... I made it my particular care to receive Mr. Washington with a distinction suitable to your dignity , as ... officers , and the whole complexion of affairs on the frontier , left no doubt in his mind as to its nature , and he ...
Page 102
... officers a smaller compensation * than was received in the regular army . It was admitted that the officers dependent immediately on the royal treasury were obliged to furnish their own tables , but their superior pay enabled them to do ...
... officers a smaller compensation * than was received in the regular army . It was admitted that the officers dependent immediately on the royal treasury were obliged to furnish their own tables , but their superior pay enabled them to do ...
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