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... Point stormed and taken . Successful Enterprise against Paulus Hook . Washington's Interviews with the French Minister . - Plans proposed for co- --- - operating with Count d'Estaing . - The Army goes into xviii CONTENTS .
... Point stormed and taken . Successful Enterprise against Paulus Hook . Washington's Interviews with the French Minister . - Plans proposed for co- --- - operating with Count d'Estaing . - The Army goes into xviii CONTENTS .
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... Point 531 537 VII . Substance of a Conference between General Washington and the Chevalier de la Luzerne 540 VIII . Correspondence of the Marquis de Lafayette on American Affairs , after his first Return from America 545 III ...
... Point 531 537 VII . Substance of a Conference between General Washington and the Chevalier de la Luzerne 540 VIII . Correspondence of the Marquis de Lafayette on American Affairs , after his first Return from America 545 III ...
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... Point and Verplanck's Point , 30. Operations on Hudson's River , 31. Operations in Virginia , 32. Plan of the Siege of Yorktown , 33. Head of Mrs. Washington , by Stuart , 34. Plan of the Farms at Mount Vernon , Vol . Page ...
... Point and Verplanck's Point , 30. Operations on Hudson's River , 31. Operations in Virginia , 32. Plan of the Siege of Yorktown , 33. Head of Mrs. Washington , by Stuart , 34. Plan of the Farms at Mount Vernon , Vol . Page ...
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... point- ed out . From these hints it is clear , that neither of the contending parties had any just claim to the lands , about which they were beginning to kindle the flames of war . They were both intruders upon the soil of the native ...
... point- ed out . From these hints it is clear , that neither of the contending parties had any just claim to the lands , about which they were beginning to kindle the flames of war . They were both intruders upon the soil of the native ...
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... point of his destination , by the route he would pursue , was about five hundred and sixty miles , in great part over lofty and rugged mountains , and more than half of the way through the heart of a wilderness , where no traces of ...
... point of his destination , by the route he would pursue , was about five hundred and sixty miles , in great part over lofty and rugged mountains , and more than half of the way through the heart of a wilderness , where no traces of ...
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