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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The British general , without a trial , and without even the form of a court - martial , doomed him to be executed the next morning . This sentence was carried into execution in the most unfeeling manner . A clergyman , whose attendance ...
The British general , without a trial , and without even the form of a court - martial , doomed him to be executed the next morning . This sentence was carried into execution in the most unfeeling manner . A clergyman , whose attendance ...
Page 355
355 honourable body emboldens me to communicate , without reserve , the difficulties which occur in the execution of their present order ; and the indulgence I have experienced on every former occasion induces me to imagine , that the ...
355 honourable body emboldens me to communicate , without reserve , the difficulties which occur in the execution of their present order ; and the indulgence I have experienced on every former occasion induces me to imagine , that the ...
Page 389
EXECUTION OF MAJOR ANDRE . 389 before the board , the members behaved towards him with the utmost respect and delicacy , and told him not to answer any ques- tions that might embarrass his feelings . But in that crisis of his fate ...
EXECUTION OF MAJOR ANDRE . 389 before the board , the members behaved towards him with the utmost respect and delicacy , and told him not to answer any ques- tions that might embarrass his feelings . But in that crisis of his fate ...
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