LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM WASHINGTON TO THE PRESENT TIME1870 |
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... which we were lying , took fire ; but I was luckily preserved by one of our men awaking when it was in a flame . We have run off four lots this day . " AUSSELL WASHINGTON THE SURVEYOR IN A PERILOUS SITUATION . The GEORGE WASHINGTON . 15.
... which we were lying , took fire ; but I was luckily preserved by one of our men awaking when it was in a flame . We have run off four lots this day . " AUSSELL WASHINGTON THE SURVEYOR IN A PERILOUS SITUATION . The GEORGE WASHINGTON . 15.
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... took with him but eight men , two of them being Indians . They soon passed the few sparse settlements which were springing up near the Atlan- tic coast , and plunged into the pathless forest . Winter was fast approaching , and its ...
... took with him but eight men , two of them being Indians . They soon passed the few sparse settlements which were springing up near the Atlan- tic coast , and plunged into the pathless forest . Winter was fast approaching , and its ...
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... took forty men , leaving the rest to guard the camp , and through the midnight tempest and glo- m , guided by some friendly Indians , reached , just before daylight in the morning , the camp where Jumonville and his men were ...
... took forty men , leaving the rest to guard the camp , and through the midnight tempest and glo- m , guided by some friendly Indians , reached , just before daylight in the morning , the camp where Jumonville and his men were ...
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... took direct aim at him several times , at the distance of but a few paces , and that the bullets seemed either to vanish into air , or to glance harmless from his body . Eight hundred of Braddock's army , including most of the officers ...
... took direct aim at him several times , at the distance of but a few paces , and that the bullets seemed either to vanish into air , or to glance harmless from his body . Eight hundred of Braddock's army , including most of the officers ...
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... took command of the army . The ceremony took place under the elm - tree which still star de inm rtalized by the event . Gen. Gage was com- man ler of the British frees , He had been the friend of Wash ingin during the seven - years ...
... took command of the army . The ceremony took place under the elm - tree which still star de inm rtalized by the event . Gen. Gage was com- man ler of the British frees , He had been the friend of Wash ingin during the seven - years ...
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