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 371
... arrived on the coast in the month of September , and surprised and captured a fifty gun ship , and some other British vessels . General Lincoln , with about a thousand men , marched to Zubly's Ferry on the Savannah , and took up a ...
... arrived on the coast in the month of September , and surprised and captured a fifty gun ship , and some other British vessels . General Lincoln , with about a thousand men , marched to Zubly's Ferry on the Savannah , and took up a ...
Page 384
... arrived at Rhode Island on the evening of the 10th of July ; and , in a few days afterwards , Lafayette arrived at New- port from the American head - quarters , to confer with his coun trymen . At the time of the arrival of the French ...
... arrived at Rhode Island on the evening of the 10th of July ; and , in a few days afterwards , Lafayette arrived at New- port from the American head - quarters , to confer with his coun trymen . At the time of the arrival of the French ...
Page 446
... arrived from Europe , and two from the West Indies . At length , the commander - in - chief embarked with seven thousand of his best troops , but was unable to sail from Sandy Hook till the 19th , the day on which Cornwallis surrendered ...
... arrived from Europe , and two from the West Indies . At length , the commander - in - chief embarked with seven thousand of his best troops , but was unable to sail from Sandy Hook till the 19th , the day on which Cornwallis surrendered ...
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