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 55
... returned on the afternoon of the 25th . This chief , thinking that the English only desired to trade with the Indians and not to dis- possess them of their lands , favoured them in preference to the French , whom he saw building forts ...
... returned on the afternoon of the 25th . This chief , thinking that the English only desired to trade with the Indians and not to dis- possess them of their lands , favoured them in preference to the French , whom he saw building forts ...
Page 250
... returned once more a captive to the British camp , and in the course of the month was exchanged for General Prescott . The committee of Congress returned to Philadelphia , and , on the 17th of September , made their report . They sum up ...
... returned once more a captive to the British camp , and in the course of the month was exchanged for General Prescott . The committee of Congress returned to Philadelphia , and , on the 17th of September , made their report . They sum up ...
Page 346
... returned to New York , leaving his troops under the command of General Grey , with orders to conduct an expedition eastward , as far as Buzzard's Bay . Grey destroyed a number of vessels in Acushnet River , and having reduced Bedford ...
... returned to New York , leaving his troops under the command of General Grey , with orders to conduct an expedition eastward , as far as Buzzard's Bay . Grey destroyed a number of vessels in Acushnet River , and having reduced Bedford ...
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