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 148
... called to meet at Williamsburg on the 1st day of August . The Virginia convention appointed Peyton Randolph , Richard Henry Lee , George Washington , Patrick Henry , Richard Bland , Benjamin Harrison , and Edmund Pendleton , to meet the ...
... called to meet at Williamsburg on the 1st day of August . The Virginia convention appointed Peyton Randolph , Richard Henry Lee , George Washington , Patrick Henry , Richard Bland , Benjamin Harrison , and Edmund Pendleton , to meet the ...
Page 259
... called in , and , on the 8th of December , he accomplished the passage at Trenton ferry , the van of the British army making its appearance just as his rear - guard had crossed . General Washington was careful to secure all the boats in ...
... called in , and , on the 8th of December , he accomplished the passage at Trenton ferry , the van of the British army making its appearance just as his rear - guard had crossed . General Washington was careful to secure all the boats in ...
Page 361
... called Stony Point , where defences had been commenced , but were far from being completed . That on the eastern bank occupied a small fort called Lafayette on Verplanck's Point , a low flat penin- sula , projecting some distance into ...
... called Stony Point , where defences had been commenced , but were far from being completed . That on the eastern bank occupied a small fort called Lafayette on Verplanck's Point , a low flat penin- sula , projecting some distance into ...
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