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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This immense tract of land had never been surveyed ; and the important and responsible office of surveying it was now intrusted to Washington , who entered on his first expedition for this purpose at the age of sixteen .
This immense tract of land had never been surveyed ; and the important and responsible office of surveying it was now intrusted to Washington , who entered on his first expedition for this purpose at the age of sixteen .
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... whose attention is engrossed by a thousand important objects , the case may be otherwise . ... for had he not been apprehensive of the troops leaving him at so important a crisis , but continued the blockade of Quebec ...
... whose attention is engrossed by a thousand important objects , the case may be otherwise . ... for had he not been apprehensive of the troops leaving him at so important a crisis , but continued the blockade of Quebec ...
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Shortly after his arrival in Madrid , he concluded a treaty with the king of Spain , in which the claims of the a United States on the important points of boundary and the navigation of the Mississippi , were fully conceded .
Shortly after his arrival in Madrid , he concluded a treaty with the king of Spain , in which the claims of the a United States on the important points of boundary and the navigation of the Mississippi , were fully conceded .
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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, 1854 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 588 pages |
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