The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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Stran 15
... writes : " My residence is at present at his lordship's , where I might , was my heart disengaged , pass my time very pleasantly , as there's a very agreeable young lady lives in the same house ( Colonel George Fairfax's wife's sister ) ...
... writes : " My residence is at present at his lordship's , where I might , was my heart disengaged , pass my time very pleasantly , as there's a very agreeable young lady lives in the same house ( Colonel George Fairfax's wife's sister ) ...
Stran 25
... writes he , " that such people should be in debt , and not be able to indulge themselves in all the luxuries , as well as necessaries of life . Yet so it happens . Estates are often alienated for debts . How persons coming to estates of ...
... writes he , " that such people should be in debt , and not be able to indulge themselves in all the luxuries , as well as necessaries of life . Yet so it happens . Estates are often alienated for debts . How persons coming to estates of ...
Stran 28
... writes he in his journal , " I spent some time in viewing the rivers , and the land at the fork , which I think extremely well situated for a fort , as it has the absolute command of both rivers . The rivers are each a quarter of a mile ...
... writes he in his journal , " I spent some time in viewing the rivers , and the land at the fork , which I think extremely well situated for a fort , as it has the absolute command of both rivers . The rivers are each a quarter of a mile ...
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... writes he , " ordered a plentiful store of liquor and provisions to be put on board our canoes , and appeared to be extremely complaisant , though he was exerting every artifice which he could invent to set our Indians at variance with ...
... writes he , " ordered a plentiful store of liquor and provisions to be put on board our canoes , and appeared to be extremely complaisant , though he was exerting every artifice which he could invent to set our Indians at variance with ...
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... writes he , " I would rather toil like a day laborer for a maintenance , if reduced to the necessity , than serve on such ignoble terms . " Parity of pay was indispensable to the dignity of the service . And in a letter to his friend ...
... writes he , " I would rather toil like a day laborer for a maintenance , if reduced to the necessity , than serve on such ignoble terms . " Parity of pay was indispensable to the dignity of the service . And in a letter to his friend ...
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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