1789-1830E. Walker, 1846 - Presidents |
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... command of this regiment was given to Colonel Fry . Major Washington was appointed lieutenant - colonel , and obtained permission to march with two companies in advance of the other troops to the Great Meadows . In a dark rainy night ...
... command of this regiment was given to Colonel Fry . Major Washington was appointed lieutenant - colonel , and obtained permission to march with two companies in advance of the other troops to the Great Meadows . In a dark rainy night ...
Page 27
... command . They also ordered three hundred pistoles to be distribu- ted among the soldiers , as a reward for their bravery . Soon after this campaign , Washington retired from the militia service , in consequence of an order from the war ...
... command . They also ordered three hundred pistoles to be distribu- ted among the soldiers , as a reward for their bravery . Soon after this campaign , Washington retired from the militia service , in consequence of an order from the war ...
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... command the respect of the world . I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my coun- try can inspire , since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course ...
... command the respect of the world . I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my coun- try can inspire , since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course ...
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... command- ers of their armed vessels , to restrain generally our commerce in corn and other provisions to their own ports and those of their friends , the instruc- tions now communicated were immediately forwarded to our minister at that ...
... command- ers of their armed vessels , to restrain generally our commerce in corn and other provisions to their own ports and those of their friends , the instruc- tions now communicated were immediately forwarded to our minister at that ...
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... command such insur- gents to disperse , and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time : " and whereas , James Wilson , an associate justice , on the fourth instant , by writing under his hand , did , from ...
... command such insur- gents to disperse , and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time : " and whereas , James Wilson , an associate justice , on the fourth instant , by writing under his hand , did , from ...
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