Life of George Washington, Količina 4G.P. Putnam, 1869 |
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... joined by Wayne and Steuben . - Acts on the Aggressive . - Desperate Melée of Macpherson and Simcoe . - Cornwallis pursued to Jamestown Island . - Mad Anthony in a Morass . His Impetuous Valor . — Alertness of Lafayette . - Washington's ...
... joined by Wayne and Steuben . - Acts on the Aggressive . - Desperate Melée of Macpherson and Simcoe . - Cornwallis pursued to Jamestown Island . - Mad Anthony in a Morass . His Impetuous Valor . — Alertness of Lafayette . - Washington's ...
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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 hun- dred 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 hun- dred dragoons and ...
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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 expedient to expose a man of the highest virtues to such temptations . " 1 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 expedient to expose a man of the highest virtues to such temptations . " 1 The foregoing passage from a ...
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... joined by some militia infantry , and by Colonel William Washington , with such of his dragoons as had escaped at Monk's Corner . Cornwallis had com- mitted the country between Cooper and Wando Rivers to Tarleton's charge , with orders ...
... joined by some militia infantry , and by Colonel William Washington , with such of his dragoons as had escaped at Monk's Corner . Cornwallis had com- mitted the country between Cooper and Wando Rivers to Tarleton's charge , with orders ...
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... joined in a petition to General Lincoln , and prevailed upon him to offer a surrender on terms which had al- ready been offered and rejected . These terms were still granted , and the capitulation was signed on the 12th of May . The ...
... joined in a petition to General Lincoln , and prevailed upon him to offer a surrender on terms which had al- ready been offered and rejected . These terms were still granted , and the capitulation was signed on the 12th of May . The ...
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