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... Persons concerned in it . - Honorable and generous Con- duct of Lafayette in Relation to this Affair . - - CHAPTER XI . 197 235 ----- Sufferings of the Army at Valley Forge . - New Arrangements con- certed with a Committee of Congress ...
... Persons concerned in it . - Honorable and generous Con- duct of Lafayette in Relation to this Affair . - - CHAPTER XI . 197 235 ----- Sufferings of the Army at Valley Forge . - New Arrangements con- certed with a Committee of Congress ...
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... Persons 465 III . Miscellaneous Letters relating to Subjects mentioned in Washington's Writings 471 IV . Speeches and Messages to Congress 477 V. Proclamations 478 VI . Addresses 479 VII . General Index 483 LIST OF THE PLATES . 1 ...
... Persons 465 III . Miscellaneous Letters relating to Subjects mentioned in Washington's Writings 471 IV . Speeches and Messages to Congress 477 V. Proclamations 478 VI . Addresses 479 VII . General Index 483 LIST OF THE PLATES . 1 ...
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... tuity to the memory of their deeds or their charac- ter ; yet , in the local histories of England , the name is frequently mentioned with respect , and as denoting VOL . I. 1 A persons of consideration , wealth , and influence . Among.
... tuity to the memory of their deeds or their charac- ter ; yet , in the local histories of England , the name is frequently mentioned with respect , and as denoting VOL . I. 1 A persons of consideration , wealth , and influence . Among.
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George Washington, Jared Sparks. persons of consideration , wealth , and influence . Among them were scholars , divines , and lawyers , well known to their cotemporaries . Several received the honors of knighthood . Sir Henry Washington ...
George Washington, Jared Sparks. persons of consideration , wealth , and influence . Among them were scholars , divines , and lawyers , well known to their cotemporaries . Several received the honors of knighthood . Sir Henry Washington ...
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... persons have told her it was a bad scheme . She offers several trifling objections , such as fond , unthinking mothers habitually suggest ; and I find , that one word against his going has more weight than ten for it . " She persisted ...
... persons have told her it was a bad scheme . She offers several trifling objections , such as fond , unthinking mothers habitually suggest ; and I find , that one word against his going has more weight than ten for it . " She persisted ...
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