The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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Stran 14
... leave of school in the autumn of 1747 , and went to reside with his brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon . Here he continued his mathematical studies and his practice in surveying . Though by no means of a poetical temperament , the waste ...
... leave of school in the autumn of 1747 , and went to reside with his brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon . Here he continued his mathematical studies and his practice in surveying . Though by no means of a poetical temperament , the waste ...
Stran 25
... leaves her coming to the decision of herself and friends . As to his own movement , he says , " Six weeks will determine me what to resolve on . Forbes advises the south of France , or else Barbadoes . " The very next letter , written ...
... leaves her coming to the decision of herself and friends . As to his own movement , he says , " Six weeks will determine me what to resolve on . Forbes advises the south of France , or else Barbadoes . " The very next letter , written ...
Stran 31
... leaving him there was giving them the opportunity they aimed at . He had promised them a present of guns if they would wait until the morning . As I was very much pressed by the Indians to wait this day for them , I consented , on the ...
... leaving him there was giving them the opportunity they aimed at . He had promised them a present of guns if they would wait until the morning . As I was very much pressed by the Indians to wait this day for them , I consented , on the ...
Stran 34
... leave this perfidious neighborhood behind them ; but first it was necessary to blind the guide as to their ... leaving it burning , pushed forward , and traveled as fast as possible all night . Continuing on the next day , they never ...
... leave this perfidious neighborhood behind them ; but first it was necessary to blind the guide as to their ... leaving it burning , pushed forward , and traveled as fast as possible all night . Continuing on the next day , they never ...
Stran 35
... Leaving Frazier's on January 1st , they arrived at Gist's residence on the second , six- teen miles from the Monongahela . Here they separated , and Washington , having pur- chased a horse , continued his homeward course . Having ...
... Leaving Frazier's on January 1st , they arrived at Gist's residence on the second , six- teen miles from the Monongahela . Here they separated , and Washington , having pur- chased a horse , continued his homeward course . Having ...
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affairs aide-de-camp American appointed arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage batteries Boston Braddock bridge brigade British brought Burgoyne camp campaign Captain capture Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Cornwallis council creek crossed Delaware detached dispatched encamped enemy expedition Fairfax fire fleet force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Edward French frontier garrison gave George George Croghan Governor Dinwiddie Greene guard half-king Hessians Hill horse House of Burgesses Hudson hundred Indians infantry ington island Jerseys Lafayette land letter Logstown Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Loudoun meantime miles military militia morning Mount Vernon night o'clock officers Ohio orders party passed Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia Point president province Putnam quarters rear received reconnoiter redoubt regiment reinforcements reply retired retreat returned river road Schuyler sent ships Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon spirit thousand tion took town troops Virginia Washington wounded writes York