Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of WashingtonLeary & Getz, 1857 - 588 pages |
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Page 70
... Captain Trent actively engaged in raising recruits for his company , which at the time was thought to be at the new fort , at the junc- tion of the Alleghany and Monongahela Rivers ; but great was the disappointment of Washington , when ...
... Captain Trent actively engaged in raising recruits for his company , which at the time was thought to be at the new fort , at the junc- tion of the Alleghany and Monongahela Rivers ; but great was the disappointment of Washington , when ...
Page 96
... Captain Dag- worthy , who had received his commission from the king , and had served in the Canada expedition , was now at Fort Cumberland , at the head of thirty volunteers , raised by the colony of Maryland , and acting under the ...
... Captain Dag- worthy , who had received his commission from the king , and had served in the Canada expedition , was now at Fort Cumberland , at the head of thirty volunteers , raised by the colony of Maryland , and acting under the ...
Page 450
... Captain Huddy , who commanded the troops in a block - house in Monmouth county , New Jersey , was attacked , overpowered , and made prisoner , by a party of loyalists from New York . In a few days , he was taken out of the city by a ...
... Captain Huddy , who commanded the troops in a block - house in Monmouth county , New Jersey , was attacked , overpowered , and made prisoner , by a party of loyalists from New York . In a few days , he was taken out of the city by a ...
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