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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The safe conduct granted by De Villiers was violated , he suffering the Indians which were attached to his army to plunder the retreating soldiers . The courage and ability of Washington , in thus successfully resisting for a whole day ...
The safe conduct granted by De Villiers was violated , he suffering the Indians which were attached to his army to plunder the retreating soldiers . The courage and ability of Washington , in thus successfully resisting for a whole day ...
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95 « No orders are obeyed , but such as a party of soldiers or my own drawn sword enforces . Without this , not a single horse , for the most earnest occasion , can be had , to such a pitch has the insolence of these people arrived ...
95 « No orders are obeyed , but such as a party of soldiers or my own drawn sword enforces . Without this , not a single horse , for the most earnest occasion , can be had , to such a pitch has the insolence of these people arrived ...
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While engaged in the House of Burgesses in resisting the claim of Great Britain to tax the colonies at pleasure , and during the recesses of the Assembly , at his plough , he did not forget his old friends , the officers and soldiers ...
While engaged in the House of Burgesses in resisting the claim of Great Britain to tax the colonies at pleasure , and during the recesses of the Assembly , at his plough , he did not forget his old friends , the officers and soldiers ...
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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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