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... head of the national movement , and to him all men turned who desired a better union and sought to bring order out of chaos . With him Hamilton and Madison consulted in the pre- liminary stages which were to lead to the forma- tion of a ...
... head of the national movement , and to him all men turned who desired a better union and sought to bring order out of chaos . With him Hamilton and Madison consulted in the pre- liminary stages which were to lead to the forma- tion of a ...
Page 19
... head of that class of Indian - fighters , game - hunters , forest - fellers , and backwoods farmers who , generation after gen- eration , pushed westward the border " " of civili- As zation from the Alleghanies to the Pacific . he ...
... head of that class of Indian - fighters , game - hunters , forest - fellers , and backwoods farmers who , generation after gen- eration , pushed westward the border " " of civili- As zation from the Alleghanies to the Pacific . he ...
Page 54
... . The familiar picture of a later day depicts Washington crossing the Delaware at the head of his soldiers . He is s ' anding up in the boat , It looking forward in the teeth of the storm . HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY.
... . The familiar picture of a later day depicts Washington crossing the Delaware at the head of his soldiers . He is s ' anding up in the boat , It looking forward in the teeth of the storm . HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY.
Page 60
... head waters of the Hudson , York , where he was to unite with Sir William Howe and the main army ; in this way cutting the colonies in two , and separating New England from His plan was to make hi country . went well . Burgoyne The ...
... head waters of the Hudson , York , where he was to unite with Sir William Howe and the main army ; in this way cutting the colonies in two , and separating New England from His plan was to make hi country . went well . Burgoyne The ...
Page 71
... heads to oppose them , while North Carolina lay at the feet of Cornwallis , as he started through it with his army to march into Virginia . There was no organized force against him , and the cause of the patriots seemed hopeless . It ...
... heads to oppose them , while North Carolina lay at the feet of Cornwallis , as he started through it with his army to march into Virginia . There was no organized force against him , and the cause of the patriots seemed hopeless . It ...
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