The American Heritage History of the Making of the NationAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1968 - United States - 416 pages |
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Page 13
... moved across the placid Del- aware countryside , where the Continental Army had once marched so painfully . Just before Trenton , at the bridge over the Assunpink Creek , where Washington had faced the British on a desperate afternoon ...
... moved across the placid Del- aware countryside , where the Continental Army had once marched so painfully . Just before Trenton , at the bridge over the Assunpink Creek , where Washington had faced the British on a desperate afternoon ...
Page 124
... moved at the sight , he at once wrote the first draft of a poem on the back of a letter , continu- ing to jot down lines as he was rowed ashore after the British fleet's departure . All that evening in his room at the Fountain Inn he ...
... moved at the sight , he at once wrote the first draft of a poem on the back of a letter , continu- ing to jot down lines as he was rowed ashore after the British fleet's departure . All that evening in his room at the Fountain Inn he ...
Page 266
... moved west , beating the enemy at Contreras , Churubusco , Molino del Rey , and Cha- pultepec , and finally took the capital . The war was over . 4 Santa Anna ( from Mexico City ) Scott (. Mexico City Chapultepec 13 Sept. Churubusco 20 ...
... moved west , beating the enemy at Contreras , Churubusco , Molino del Rey , and Cha- pultepec , and finally took the capital . The war was over . 4 Santa Anna ( from Mexico City ) Scott (. Mexico City Chapultepec 13 Sept. Churubusco 20 ...
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