Life of George WashingtonG.P. Putnam, 1861 |
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... Tories — Want of Artillery - Henry Knox , the Artillerist — His Mission to Ticonderoga - Re - enlistment of Troops - Lack of Public Spirit - Comments of General Greene - 363 • 370 CHAPTER L. - Affairs in Canada - Capture of Fort ...
... Tories — Want of Artillery - Henry Knox , the Artillerist — His Mission to Ticonderoga - Re - enlistment of Troops - Lack of Public Spirit - Comments of General Greene - 363 • 370 CHAPTER L. - Affairs in Canada - Capture of Fort ...
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... tories ; the spirit of union was wanting . Some pleaded a want of military funds ; some questioned the justice of the cause ; some declined taking any hostile step that might involve them in a war , unless they should have direct orders ...
... tories ; the spirit of union was wanting . Some pleaded a want of military funds ; some questioned the justice of the cause ; some declined taking any hostile step that might involve them in a war , unless they should have direct orders ...
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... tories belonging to the crown of France . Unluckily for their pretensions , a letter of instructions , found on Jumonville , betrayed their real errand , which was to inform themselves of the roads , rivers , and other features of the ...
... tories belonging to the crown of France . Unluckily for their pretensions , a letter of instructions , found on Jumonville , betrayed their real errand , which was to inform themselves of the roads , rivers , and other features of the ...
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... Tory notions were outraged by such republican conduct . " There appears to me , " said he , 66 an infatuation in all the assemblies in this part of the world . " In a letter to the Board of Trade he declared that the only way ...
... Tory notions were outraged by such republican conduct . " There appears to me , " said he , 66 an infatuation in all the assemblies in this part of the world . " In a letter to the Board of Trade he declared that the only way ...
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... tory in most of his orders and replies . So much am I kept in the dark , " says Washington , in one of his letters , " that I do not know whether to prepare for the offensive or defensive . What would be absolutely necessary for the one ...
... tory in most of his orders and replies . So much am I kept in the dark , " says Washington , in one of his letters , " that I do not know whether to prepare for the offensive or defensive . What would be absolutely necessary for the one ...
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advance affairs aide-de-camp alarm American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack batteries boats Boston Braddock British Burgoyne camp campaign Canada cannon Captain Clinton Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief conduct Congress Connecticut Creek Crown Point defence Delaware detachment Dinwiddie encamped enemy enemy's England expedition Fairfax fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Edward French frontier garrison Gates George George Clinton Governor Governor Dinwiddie Green Mountain Boys guard guns head-quarters Hessians Highlands Hill honor horse House of Burgesses Hudson hundred Indians ington Island Jerseys John Lake land letter Lord Lord Loudoun ment miles military militia Montgomery Mount Vernon night officers Ohio orders party passed patriot Peekskill Philadelphia Point prisoners province Putnam quarters Quebec re-enforcements received Reed regiment reply retreat river road Schuyler sent ships soldiers soon spirit thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town troops Virginia Wash Washington wounded writes York