The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, 第 4 卷Richard Phillips, 1805 |
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... Action near Jamestown CHAPTER X. State of affairs at the beginning of the year 1781. Su- perintendant of finances appointed . Designs of Ge- neral Washington against New York . Count Ro- chambeau marches to the North river ...
... Action near Jamestown CHAPTER X. State of affairs at the beginning of the year 1781. Su- perintendant of finances appointed . Designs of Ge- neral Washington against New York . Count Ro- chambeau marches to the North river ...
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... action ; yet he made every preparation in his power for defence . While thus employed , he received unquestionable information from a Spanish merchant , that Ha- milton , who supposed himself to be in a state of perfect security at St ...
... action ; yet he made every preparation in his power for defence . While thus employed , he received unquestionable information from a Spanish merchant , that Ha- milton , who supposed himself to be in a state of perfect security at St ...
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... action never found the prepa- rations of America completed ; and the necessity of struggling against superior numbers was almost perpetual . The pleasing delusion that the war was over , to which the public mind delighted to surrender ...
... action never found the prepa- rations of America completed ; and the necessity of struggling against superior numbers was almost perpetual . The pleasing delusion that the war was over , to which the public mind delighted to surrender ...
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... action , into the hands of the enemy . These ad- vantages were obtained at no other expence than the loss of seven killed and nineteen wounded . No military force now remaining in Georgia except the garrison of Sunbury , whose retreat ...
... action , into the hands of the enemy . These ad- vantages were obtained at no other expence than the loss of seven killed and nineteen wounded . No military force now remaining in Georgia except the garrison of Sunbury , whose retreat ...
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... action was so well fitted for de fensive war , that although General Prevost was decidedly superior to his adversary , both in the number and quality of his troops , it was difficult to extend his conquests into South Carolina . The ...
... action was so well fitted for de fensive war , that although General Prevost was decidedly superior to his adversary , both in the number and quality of his troops , it was difficult to extend his conquests into South Carolina . The ...
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