Life of George Washington, Količina 4G. P. Putnam, 1865 - 479 strani |
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Stran viii
... Legislature - At- tempt to Surprise the Governor at Monticello - Retreat of Jefferson to Carter's Mountain - Steuben Outwitted by Simcoe - Lafayette Joined by Wayne and CONTENTS . ix PAGR Steuben - Acts on the Aggressive viii CONTENTS .
... Legislature - At- tempt to Surprise the Governor at Monticello - Retreat of Jefferson to Carter's Mountain - Steuben Outwitted by Simcoe - Lafayette Joined by Wayne and CONTENTS . ix PAGR Steuben - Acts on the Aggressive viii CONTENTS .
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... joined by part of the garrison of that post , pushed on to Newark , surprised and captured a company stationed there , set fire to the academy , and returned without loss . The other detachment , consisting of one hundred dragoons and ...
... joined by part of the garrison of that post , pushed on to Newark , surprised and captured a company stationed there , set fire to the academy , and returned without loss . The other detachment , consisting of one hundred dragoons and ...
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... joining the army , which he wished to do as soon as his wounds would permit , that he might render the country every service in his power in this critical time . " For though I have been ungratefully treated , " adds he , " I do not ...
... joining the army , which he wished to do as soon as his wounds would permit , that he might render the country every service in his power in this critical time . " For though I have been ungratefully treated , " adds he , " I do not ...
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... joined to the kind of dictatorship already confided to him , put Congress and the United States at his mercy ; that it was not ex- pedient to expose a man of the highest virtues to such temptations . ” " " * The foregoing passage from a ...
... joined to the kind of dictatorship already confided to him , put Congress and the United States at his mercy ; that it was not ex- pedient to expose a man of the highest virtues to such temptations . ” " " * The foregoing passage from a ...
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... joined by some militia infantry , and by Colonel Wil- liam Washington , with such of his dragoons as had escaped at Monk's Corner . Cornwallis had committed the country between Cooper and Wando Rivers to Tarleton's charge , with orders ...
... joined by some militia infantry , and by Colonel Wil- liam Washington , with such of his dragoons as had escaped at Monk's Corner . Cornwallis had committed the country between Cooper and Wando Rivers to Tarleton's charge , with orders ...
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