The Writings of George Washington: Life of WashingtonAmerican Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1837 - Presidents |
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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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... Successful Operations of Lafayette against Cornwallis . The combined Armies cross the Hudson and march to Virginia . - The Fleet of Count de Grasse enters the Chesapeake.— Siege of Yorktown . — Capitu- lation . The American Army returns ...
... Successful Operations of Lafayette against Cornwallis . The combined Armies cross the Hudson and march to Virginia . - The Fleet of Count de Grasse enters the Chesapeake.— Siege of Yorktown . — Capitu- lation . The American Army returns ...
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... success . Her good sense , assiduity , tenderness , and vigilance overcame every obstacle ; and , as the richest reward of a mother's solicitude and toil , she had the happiness to see all her children come forward with a fair promise ...
... success . Her good sense , assiduity , tenderness , and vigilance overcame every obstacle ; and , as the richest reward of a mother's solicitude and toil , she had the happiness to see all her children come forward with a fair promise ...
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... successes and advancement . Lord Fairfax , a distant relative of William Fairfax , was a man of an eccentric turn of mind , of great pri- vate worth , generous , and hospitable . He had been accustomed to the best society to which his ...
... successes and advancement . Lord Fairfax , a distant relative of William Fairfax , was a man of an eccentric turn of mind , of great pri- vate worth , generous , and hospitable . He had been accustomed to the best society to which his ...
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... prepared the way for new successes . He had moreover acquired a knowledge of parts of the country hitherto little known , which were to be FAT SIMILE , Copied from a Manuscript in the handwriting 14 [ 1748 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... prepared the way for new successes . He had moreover acquired a knowledge of parts of the country hitherto little known , which were to be FAT SIMILE , Copied from a Manuscript in the handwriting 14 [ 1748 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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