The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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Stran 14
... measurements of the fields surveyed were carefully entered , and diagrams made , with a neatness and exactness as if the whole related to important land transactions instead of being mere school exercises . Thus , in his earliest days ...
... measurements of the fields surveyed were carefully entered , and diagrams made , with a neatness and exactness as if the whole related to important land transactions instead of being mere school exercises . Thus , in his earliest days ...
Stran 15
... measure alleviate my sorrows , by burying that chaste and troublesome passion in the grave of oblivion , " etc. Similar avowals he makes to another of his young correspondents , whom he styles " Dear friend John ; ' as also to a female ...
... measure alleviate my sorrows , by burying that chaste and troublesome passion in the grave of oblivion , " etc. Similar avowals he makes to another of his young correspondents , whom he styles " Dear friend John ; ' as also to a female ...
Stran 35
... measures to anticipate the French movements . Captain Trent was dispatched to the frontier , commissioned to raise a company of one hundred men , march with all speed to the Fork of the Ohio , and finish as soon as possible the fort ...
... measures to anticipate the French movements . Captain Trent was dispatched to the frontier , commissioned to raise a company of one hundred men , march with all speed to the Fork of the Ohio , and finish as soon as possible the fort ...
Stran 36
... measures for the public security . When Dinwiddie propounded his scheme of operations on the Ohio , some of the burgesses had the hardihood to doubt the claims of the king to the disputed territory . Others demurred to any grant of ...
... measures for the public security . When Dinwiddie propounded his scheme of operations on the Ohio , some of the burgesses had the hardihood to doubt the claims of the king to the disputed territory . Others demurred to any grant of ...
Stran 42
... measure which had been suggested by Washington . They were dis- tributed with that grand ceremonial so dear to the red man . The chiefs assembled , painted and decorated in all their savage finery ; Washington wore a medal sent to him ...
... measure which had been suggested by Washington . They were dis- tributed with that grand ceremonial so dear to the red man . The chiefs assembled , painted and decorated in all their savage finery ; Washington wore a medal sent to him ...
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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