The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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... spirit of the family , and circumstances soon called it into action . Spanish depredations on British commerce had recently provoked reprisals . Admiral Vernon , commander - in - chief in the West Indies , had accordingly captured Porto ...
... spirit of the family , and circumstances soon called it into action . Spanish depredations on British commerce had recently provoked reprisals . Admiral Vernon , commander - in - chief in the West Indies , had accordingly captured Porto ...
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... spirit and a growing desire for military life . The inclination was encouraged by Lawrence Washington and Mr. Fairfax . George was at a suitable age to enter the navy . The great difficulty was to procure the assent of his mother . She ...
... spirit and a growing desire for military life . The inclination was encouraged by Lawrence Washington and Mr. Fairfax . George was at a suitable age to enter the navy . The great difficulty was to procure the assent of his mother . She ...
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... spirit shone forth in his earliest arrangements . He wished to form the settlements with Germans from Pennsylvania . Being dissenters , however , they would be obliged , on becoming residents within the jurisdiction of Virginia , to pay ...
... spirit shone forth in his earliest arrangements . He wished to form the settlements with Germans from Pennsylvania . Being dissenters , however , they would be obliged , on becoming residents within the jurisdiction of Virginia , to pay ...
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... spirit up the Ohio Indians against the English . This they hoped to effect through the agency of one Captain Joncaire , a veteran diplomatist of the wilderness , whose character and story deserve a passing notice . He had been taken ...
... spirit up the Ohio Indians against the English . This they hoped to effect through the agency of one Captain Joncaire , a veteran diplomatist of the wilderness , whose character and story deserve a passing notice . He had been taken ...
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... spirit for a mission to the frontier . He stopped a short time at Logstown , though the French were one hundred and fifty miles further up the river , and directed his course to Piqua , the great town of the Twightwees , where Gist and ...
... spirit for a mission to the frontier . He stopped a short time at Logstown , though the French were one hundred and fifty miles further up the river , and directed his course to Piqua , the great town of the Twightwees , where Gist and ...
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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