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 77
... exertions of Benjamin Franklin , who was then postmaster - general of America , and had visited the camp for the purpose of facilitating the trans- mission of the mail to and from the army and the settlements . He , by great exertions ...
... exertions of Benjamin Franklin , who was then postmaster - general of America , and had visited the camp for the purpose of facilitating the trans- mission of the mail to and from the army and the settlements . He , by great exertions ...
Page 428
... exertions . Small as was their military force , it was difficult to find subsistence for their troops ; and , even after the army had taken the field , there was reason to apprehend that it would be obliged to abandon the objects of the ...
... exertions . Small as was their military force , it was difficult to find subsistence for their troops ; and , even after the army had taken the field , there was reason to apprehend that it would be obliged to abandon the objects of the ...
Page 447
... exertions of Greene , dissipated the gloom in the south ; but in the middle and northern provinces nothing had occurred to awaken hope and stimulate exertion . The capture , therefore , of Cornwallis and his army , which was achieved by ...
... exertions of Greene , dissipated the gloom in the south ; but in the middle and northern provinces nothing had occurred to awaken hope and stimulate exertion . The capture , therefore , of Cornwallis and his army , which was achieved by ...
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