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Page 7
... passed away . The Life of Washington , even though it was written by a Mar- shall , with the abundant access to unpublished documents which his position enabled him to command , or which it was the policy of the government to afford him ...
... passed away . The Life of Washington , even though it was written by a Mar- shall , with the abundant access to unpublished documents which his position enabled him to command , or which it was the policy of the government to afford him ...
Page 22
... passed a year as a hired field hand on Wataga , a branch of the Holston River , in the employ of his Uncle Isaac . With- out money or the opportunity to acquire it , all the early years of his life were passed in labor for others , at ...
... passed a year as a hired field hand on Wataga , a branch of the Holston River , in the employ of his Uncle Isaac . With- out money or the opportunity to acquire it , all the early years of his life were passed in labor for others , at ...
Page 32
... passed into the care of a step - mother . His father married and brought to his home in Indiana , Mrs. Sally Johnston , of Elizabethtown , Kentucky , undoubtedly one of his old acquaintances . She brought with her three children , the ...
... passed into the care of a step - mother . His father married and brought to his home in Indiana , Mrs. Sally Johnston , of Elizabethtown , Kentucky , undoubtedly one of his old acquaintances . She brought with her three children , the ...
Page 51
... passed into history with the title of " Still- man's Defeat . " They came to General Whiteside panic- stricken , and a council of war was immediately held which resulted in the determination to march at once to the scene of the disaster ...
... passed into history with the title of " Still- man's Defeat . " They came to General Whiteside panic- stricken , and a council of war was immediately held which resulted in the determination to march at once to the scene of the disaster ...
Page 55
... passed through a period of great poverty , had acquired his education in the law in the midst of many perplexities , inconveniences and hardships , and had met with temptations , such as few men could resist , to make a tempo- rary use ...
... passed through a period of great poverty , had acquired his education in the law in the midst of many perplexities , inconveniences and hardships , and had met with temptations , such as few men could resist , to make a tempo- rary use ...
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