The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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... quarter . " It was situated near the Shenandoah , about twelve miles from the site of the present town of Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the ...
... quarter . " It was situated near the Shenandoah , about twelve miles from the site of the present town of Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the ...
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... quarters . " Here he laid out a manor , containing ten thousand acres of arable grazing - lands , vast meadows and noble forests , and projected a spacious manor- house , giving to the place the name of Greenway Court . It was probably ...
... quarters . " Here he laid out a manor , containing ten thousand acres of arable grazing - lands , vast meadows and noble forests , and projected a spacious manor- house , giving to the place the name of Greenway Court . It was probably ...
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... quarters . Some of the Indians who had been friendly to the English showed signs of alienation . Others menaced hostilities . There were reports that the French were ascending the Mississippi from Louisiana . France , it was said ...
... quarters . Some of the Indians who had been friendly to the English showed signs of alienation . Others menaced hostilities . There were reports that the French were ascending the Mississippi from Louisiana . France , it was said ...
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... quarter of a mile or more across , and run here very nearly at right angles ; Allegheny bearing north- east , and Monongahela southeast . The former of these two is a very rapid and swift- running water , the other deep and still ...
... quarter of a mile or more across , and run here very nearly at right angles ; Allegheny bearing north- east , and Monongahela southeast . The former of these two is a very rapid and swift- running water , the other deep and still ...
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... meantime , having discovered that the half - king was with the mission , expressed his surprise that he had not accompanied it to his quarters on the preceding day . Wash- ington , in truth , had feared to trust the LIFE OF WASHINGTON. ...
... meantime , having discovered that the half - king was with the mission , expressed his surprise that he had not accompanied it to his quarters on the preceding day . Wash- ington , in truth , had feared to trust the LIFE OF WASHINGTON. ...
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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