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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They had to carve their slow way through forests at the rate of five miles a day , to cross deep swamps , and creep over rough crags , which it seemed that neither man nor beast ever before clambered . Their numbers were daily thinned ...
They had to carve their slow way through forests at the rate of five miles a day , to cross deep swamps , and creep over rough crags , which it seemed that neither man nor beast ever before clambered . Their numbers were daily thinned ...
Page 286
... six o'clock in the evening ; carried his boats over a neck of land ; re - embarked , and crossed the bay between the north and south parts of the island , and , at twelve o'clock at night , landed within four miles of Sagg Harbour .
... six o'clock in the evening ; carried his boats over a neck of land ; re - embarked , and crossed the bay between the north and south parts of the island , and , at twelve o'clock at night , landed within four miles of Sagg Harbour .
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This was attempted by a night's march of fourteen miles to surprise them , which we effectually did , so far as to ... But Providence designed it otherwise ; for , after we had driver the enemy a mile or two , after they were in the ...
This was attempted by a night's march of fourteen miles to surprise them , which we effectually did , so far as to ... But Providence designed it otherwise ; for , after we had driver the enemy a mile or two , after they were in the ...
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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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