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, 1853 - 586 pages |
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Page 259
... appearance of opposition , and soon after followed with two thousand militia ; but before he reached Princeton , he received intelligence that Lord Cornwallis was advancing from Brunswick by several routes , evidently with the intention ...
... appearance of opposition , and soon after followed with two thousand militia ; but before he reached Princeton , he received intelligence that Lord Cornwallis was advancing from Brunswick by several routes , evidently with the intention ...
Page 283
... appearance sanctioned the assertion ; and melancholy experience , in the speedy death of a large part of them , stamped it with infal- lible certainty . " These difficulties continuing , interrupted the free exchange of prisoners until ...
... appearance sanctioned the assertion ; and melancholy experience , in the speedy death of a large part of them , stamped it with infal- lible certainty . " These difficulties continuing , interrupted the free exchange of prisoners until ...
Page 368
... appeared that his whole force , the names which appeared on his muster - rolls , ( which , as is universally the case , materially exceeded the real strength of his army , ) was twenty - seven thousand and ninety - nine . This number ...
... appeared that his whole force , the names which appeared on his muster - rolls , ( which , as is universally the case , materially exceeded the real strength of his army , ) was twenty - seven thousand and ninety - nine . This number ...
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