Life of George WashingtonCo-operative Publication Society, 1930 |
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Stran 59
... present town of Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the rich- ness of the land in the neighborhood , and of his riding through a noble grove of sugar ...
... present town of Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the rich- ness of the land in the neighborhood , and of his riding through a noble grove of sugar ...
Stran 104
... present of guns if they would wait until the morning . As I was very much pressed by the Indians to wait this day for them , I con- sented , on the promise that nothing should hinder them in the morning . " The next morning ( 16th ) the ...
... present of guns if they would wait until the morning . As I was very much pressed by the Indians to wait this day for them , I con- sented , on the promise that nothing should hinder them in the morning . " The next morning ( 16th ) the ...
Stran 380
... present ; but especially of those from New Eng- land . John Adams writes in a letter to his wife : " You must remember this was the morning after we heard the horrible rumor of the cannonade of Boston . I never saw a greater effect upon ...
... present ; but especially of those from New Eng- land . John Adams writes in a letter to his wife : " You must remember this was the morning after we heard the horrible rumor of the cannonade of Boston . I never saw a greater effect upon ...
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PART FIRST | 25 |
The Home of Washingtons BoyhoodHis Early EducationLaw | 42 |
Paternal Conduct of an Elder BrotherThe Fairfax Family | 48 |
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affairs American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack Boston Braam Braddock British brother Bunker's Hill camp campaign Canada Canadians Captain Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief conduct Congress Connecticut council Creek Croghan Crown Point detachment Duquesne encamped enemy England English Ethan Allen expedition fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne French friends frontier Gage garrison George George Croghan Gist Governor Dinwiddie Green Mountain Boys half-king honor horses House of Burgesses hundred Indians ington king Lake land Lawrence letter Logstown Lord Loudoun Massachusetts ment miles military militia Montreal Mount Vernon mountains night officers Ohio Parliament party patriot Pennsylvania present prisoners province Putnam Quebec re-enforcements received redoubt regiment reply retreat returned river sachem savages Schuyler sent Seth Warner ships Sir William Johnson soldiers spirit thousand Ticonderoga tion town tribes troops Virginia warriors Wash Washington wilderness William Winchester wounded writes York