The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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... 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 through the influence of Lord Fairfax that Washington ...
... 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 through the influence of Lord Fairfax that Washington ...
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... of the great Ohio valley . An association was accordingly chartered in 1749 , by the name of the “ Ohio Company , " and five hundred thousand acres of land were granted to it west of the Alleghanies , between the 19 66 ...
... of the great Ohio valley . An association was accordingly chartered in 1749 , by the name of the “ Ohio Company , " and five hundred thousand acres of land were granted to it west of the Alleghanies , between the 19 66 ...
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... thousand acres of land on the Ohio river , to be divided among the officers and soldiers who should engage in this expedition ; one thousand to be laid off contiguous to the fort at the Fork , for the use of the garrison . This was a ...
... thousand acres of land on the Ohio river , to be divided among the officers and soldiers who should engage in this expedition ; one thousand to be laid off contiguous to the fort at the Fork , for the use of the garrison . This was a ...
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... thousand men with him at the fort , besides Indian allies , and reinforcements were on the way to join him . The messengers sent by Jumonville , previous to the late affair , must have apprised him of the weakness of the encampment on ...
... thousand men with him at the fort , besides Indian allies , and reinforcements were on the way to join him . The messengers sent by Jumonville , previous to the late affair , must have apprised him of the weakness of the encampment on ...
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... thousand , besides Indians . None lodge in the fort but Contrecœur and the guard , consisting of forty men and five officers ; the rest lodge in bark cabins around the fort . The Indians have access day and night , and come and go when ...
... thousand , besides Indians . None lodge in the fort but Contrecœur and the guard , consisting of forty men and five officers ; the rest lodge in bark cabins around the fort . The Indians have access day and night , and come and go when ...
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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