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Page xvi
... Character and Ability . — Occurrences of the Campaign . - Incursions of the Savages . - Plan of Fortifications for the Interior . - Fort Cumberland . - Memorial presented by Colonel Washington to the Earl of Loudoun on the State of ...
... Character and Ability . — Occurrences of the Campaign . - Incursions of the Savages . - Plan of Fortifications for the Interior . - Fort Cumberland . - Memorial presented by Colonel Washington to the Earl of Loudoun on the State of ...
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... Fort Lee . - General Washington retreats through New Jersey , and crosses the Delaware at Trenton . - Conduct and VOL . I. -- C B * - Character of General Lee . Reduced State of the CONTENTS . xvii Instructions to Sir Henry Clinton.
... Fort Lee . - General Washington retreats through New Jersey , and crosses the Delaware at Trenton . - Conduct and VOL . I. -- C B * - Character of General Lee . Reduced State of the CONTENTS . xvii Instructions to Sir Henry Clinton.
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George Washington, Jared Sparks. - Character of General Lee . Reduced State of the Army . - Re- inforced by Troops from Ticonderoga . - General Washington in- vested with extraordinary Powers by Congress . — His Manner of using them . He ...
George Washington, Jared Sparks. - Character of General Lee . Reduced State of the Army . - Re- inforced by Troops from Ticonderoga . - General Washington in- vested with extraordinary Powers by Congress . — His Manner of using them . He ...
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... Character of Washington by Mr. Fox . - Letter from Lord Erskine . - Commer- cial Affairs . Mr. Madison's Commercial Resolutions . Mr. Jay appointed Envoy Extraordinary to negotiate a Treaty with England . Military Preparations ...
... Character of Washington by Mr. Fox . - Letter from Lord Erskine . - Commer- cial Affairs . Mr. Madison's Commercial Resolutions . Mr. Jay appointed Envoy Extraordinary to negotiate a Treaty with England . Military Preparations ...
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... character or his acts . It ap- pears by his will , however , that he possessed a large and valuable property in lands ; and , as this had been acquired chiefly by his own industry and enterprise , it may be inferred , that , in the ...
... character or his acts . It ap- pears by his will , however , that he possessed a large and valuable property in lands ; and , as this had been acquired chiefly by his own industry and enterprise , it may be inferred , that , in the ...
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