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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Notwithstanding the ill success of this expedition , Congress expressed their approbation both of its plan and execution , and voted their thanks to the general and his army . Washington , having recruited his troops , returned towards ...
Notwithstanding the ill success of this expedition , Congress expressed their approbation both of its plan and execution , and voted their thanks to the general and his army . Washington , having recruited his troops , returned towards ...
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The same day the army received news of the success of Lieutenant - colonel Washington , in an attack on Clermont , eighteen miles from Camden , and station of Lieutenant - colonel Rugely of the British militia .
The same day the army received news of the success of Lieutenant - colonel Washington , in an attack on Clermont , eighteen miles from Camden , and station of Lieutenant - colonel Rugely of the British militia .
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When he obtained the victory , his success was not to his adversaries either a stake lost , or a sweeping sentence of condemnation . It was not on the ground of the superiority of his own mind that he triumphed , but on the ground of ...
When he obtained the victory , his success was not to his adversaries either a stake lost , or a sweeping sentence of condemnation . It was not on the ground of the superiority of his own mind that he triumphed , but on the ground of ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | John Frost |
| Publisher | Leary & Getz, 1857 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 588 pages |
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