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 47
... important and responsible office of surveying it was now intrusted to Washington , who entered on his first expedition for this pur- pose at the age of sixteen . He was accompanied by George Fairfax , a son of William Fairfax . ( 1748 ...
... important and responsible office of surveying it was now intrusted to Washington , who entered on his first expedition for this pur- pose at the age of sixteen . He was accompanied by George Fairfax , a son of William Fairfax . ( 1748 ...
Page 208
... important objects , the case may be otherwise . That this cause precipitated the fate of the brave , and much - to - be - lamented General Montgomery , and brought on the defeat which followed thereupon , I have not the most distant ...
... important objects , the case may be otherwise . That this cause precipitated the fate of the brave , and much - to - be - lamented General Montgomery , and brought on the defeat which followed thereupon , I have not the most distant ...
Page 549
... important advantages for the United States without either war or dishonour . * Two years after the ineffectual ... importance of the United States . Motions were made in Congress for sequestering debts to the British subjects , for ...
... important advantages for the United States without either war or dishonour . * Two years after the ineffectual ... importance of the United States . Motions were made in Congress for sequestering debts to the British subjects , for ...
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