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 afterwards took possession of the country lying near the mouth of the river , and about the year 1722 ... Thus the French possessed two considerable colonies , one of them north , and the other south , of the English possessions .
They afterwards took possession of the country lying near the mouth of the river , and about the year 1722 ... Thus the French possessed two considerable colonies , one of them north , and the other south , of the English possessions .
Page 52
The French had already taken possession of the territory bordering on the Ohio . Thus commenced the Seven Years ' War in America , called , by the provincial soldiers who were engaged in it , the Old French War .
The French had already taken possession of the territory bordering on the Ohio . Thus commenced the Seven Years ' War in America , called , by the provincial soldiers who were engaged in it , the Old French War .
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283 as it is , I am compelled to consider it as a fact not to be questioned , that the usage of our prisoners whilst in your possession , of the privates at least , was such as could not be justified . This was proclaimed by the ...
283 as it is , I am compelled to consider it as a fact not to be questioned , that the usage of our prisoners whilst in your possession , of the privates at least , was such as could not be justified . This was proclaimed by 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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