Life of George WashingtonG.P. Putnam, 1861 |
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... expected . There was not powder enough for an hour's contest should the city be stormed . Still Sir Henry " awaited his Majesty's commands . " At length news arrived that the king had issued an order for the surrender of all towns ...
... expected . There was not powder enough for an hour's contest should the city be stormed . Still Sir Henry " awaited his Majesty's commands . " At length news arrived that the king had issued an order for the surrender of all towns ...
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... expected to find the river frozen completely over ; it was so only for about fifty yards from each shore , while great quantities of broken ice were driving down the main channel . Trusting that he had out - travelled pursuit , he en ...
... expected to find the river frozen completely over ; it was so only for about fifty yards from each shore , while great quantities of broken ice were driving down the main channel . Trusting that he had out - travelled pursuit , he en ...
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... expected from that courteous , but wary commander . He should transmit , he said , the letter of Governor Dinwiddie to his general , the Marquis du Quesne , " to whom , " observed he , it better belongs than to me to set forth the ...
... expected from that courteous , but wary commander . He should transmit , he said , the letter of Governor Dinwiddie to his general , the Marquis du Quesne , " to whom , " observed he , it better belongs than to me to set forth the ...
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... expected at the Ohio . They bore a speech from that sachem to Washington , and another , with a belt of wampum for the Governor of Virginia . In these he plighted his steadfast faith to the English , and claimed assistance from his ...
... expected at the Ohio . They bore a speech from that sachem to Washington , and another , with a belt of wampum for the Governor of Virginia . In these he plighted his steadfast faith to the English , and claimed assistance from his ...
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... expected , and nine hundred in the course of a fortnight . Washington's suspicions with respect to La Force's party were justified by the report of these deserters ; they had been sent out as spies , and were to show the summons if ...
... expected , and nine hundred in the course of a fortnight . Washington's suspicions with respect to La Force's party were justified by the report of these deserters ; they had been sent out as spies , and were to show the summons if ...
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