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 73
... soldiers . The courage and ability of Washington , in thus successfully resisting for a whole day an army of more than twice his num- ber , and then obtaining honourable terms of capitulation , raised him in the estimation of the whole ...
... soldiers . The courage and ability of Washington , in thus successfully resisting for a whole day an army of more than twice his num- ber , and then obtaining honourable terms of capitulation , raised him in the estimation of the whole ...
Page 95
... soldiers or my own drawn sword enforces . Without this , not a single horse , for the most earnest occasion , can be had , to such a pitch has the insolence of these people arrived , by having every point hitherto submitted to them ...
... soldiers or my own drawn sword enforces . Without this , not a single horse , for the most earnest occasion , can be had , to such a pitch has the insolence of these people arrived , by having every point hitherto submitted to them ...
Page 138
... soldiers who had served with him in the French War . Governor Dinwiddie , as a reward for their services , had promised these men two hundred thousand acres of land on the Ohio . This claim was long opposed , first by the English ...
... soldiers who had served with him in the French War . Governor Dinwiddie , as a reward for their services , had promised these men two hundred thousand acres of land on the Ohio . This claim was long opposed , first by the English ...
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