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 Washington |
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Page 347
Never did a foreigner , whose primary attachments to his own country remained undiminished , feel more solici . tude for the welfare of another than was unceasingly manifested by this young nobleman for the United States .
Never did a foreigner , whose primary attachments to his own country remained undiminished , feel more solici . tude for the welfare of another than was unceasingly manifested by this young nobleman for the United States .
Page 446
He remained on the coast , however , till the 29th , when every doubt being removed concerning the capitulation of Cornwallis , whose relief was the sole object of the expedition , he returned to New York .
He remained on the coast , however , till the 29th , when every doubt being removed concerning the capitulation of Cornwallis , whose relief was the sole object of the expedition , he returned to New York .
Page 510
... and though its friends formed a majority of the people , two states still remained out of the Union , and the discontent and ill - feeling existing in the others required the utmost circumspection on the part of the administration .
... and though its friends formed a majority of the people , two states still remained out of the Union , and the discontent and ill - feeling existing in the others required the utmost circumspection on the part of the administration .
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