Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 24
... sent his eldest son , Lawrence , to England , when about fifteen years of age , that he might possess every advantage which could give grace or dignity to the future head of his house . George , the eldest son by the second marriage ...
... sent his eldest son , Lawrence , to England , when about fifteen years of age , that he might possess every advantage which could give grace or dignity to the future head of his house . George , the eldest son by the second marriage ...
Page 72
... sent emissaries to break up the amicable relations established between the Indians and the government of Virginia . Succeeding La Jon- quière , M. Duquesnet had become governor of Canada , and upon a rumor that he had detached twelve ...
... sent emissaries to break up the amicable relations established between the Indians and the government of Virginia . Succeeding La Jon- quière , M. Duquesnet had become governor of Canada , and upon a rumor that he had detached twelve ...
Page 74
... sent home to the Board of Trade an elaborate report on the condition and prospects of the colony , and solicited particular instructions for the regulation of his conduct in resisting the French . He had recommended a series of western ...
... sent home to the Board of Trade an elaborate report on the condition and prospects of the colony , and solicited particular instructions for the regulation of his conduct in resisting the French . He had recommended a series of western ...
Page 77
... sent with the luggage ten miles farther , to the place where the Monongahela and Alleghany rivers unite to form the Ohio . " As I got down before the canoe , " he writes in his journal , " I spent some time in viewing the rivers , and ...
... sent with the luggage ten miles farther , to the place where the Monongahela and Alleghany rivers unite to form the Ohio . " As I got down before the canoe , " he writes in his journal , " I spent some time in viewing the rivers , and ...
Page 81
... sent for the half king , as he had just heard that he came with me . He affected to be much concerned that I did not make free to bring the chiefs in before . I excused it in the best manner of which I was capable , and told him I did ...
... sent for the half king , as he had just heard that he came with me . He affected to be much concerned that I did not make free to bring the chiefs in before . I excused it in the best manner of which I was capable , and told him I did ...
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