The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Volume 4C.P. Wayne, 1805 - Generals |
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... conduct of general Carlton . .... Negotiations for peace .... Preliminary and eventual arti- cles agreed upon between the United States and Great Britain .... Discontents of the American army .... Anonymous letters and the proceedings ...
... conduct of general Carlton . .... Negotiations for peace .... Preliminary and eventual arti- cles agreed upon between the United States and Great Britain .... Discontents of the American army .... Anonymous letters and the proceedings ...
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... conduct , not only of those concerned in foreign negotiations , but of the members of congress themselves . The irritation excited by these and other contests was not a little increased by the ap- pearance of an extract from a letter ...
... conduct , not only of those concerned in foreign negotiations , but of the members of congress themselves . The irritation excited by these and other contests was not a little increased by the ap- pearance of an extract from a letter ...
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... conduct , or some decisive turn of affairs in Europe . The former alas ! to our shame be it spoken , is less likely to happen than the latter , as it is now consistent with the views of the specula- tors , various tribes of money makers ...
... conduct , or some decisive turn of affairs in Europe . The former alas ! to our shame be it spoken , is less likely to happen than the latter , as it is now consistent with the views of the specula- tors , various tribes of money makers ...
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... conducted from East Florida . Colonel Campbell was im- reeegia mediately detached with about eight hundred regulars and a few provincials to Augusta , of which place he took possession without any difficulty , and thus the whole state ...
... conducted from East Florida . Colonel Campbell was im- reeegia mediately detached with about eight hundred regulars and a few provincials to Augusta , of which place he took possession without any difficulty , and thus the whole state ...
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... that we cannot fail without a most shameful desertion of our own interests , any thing like a change of conduct would imply a very unhappy change of prin- ciples , and a forgetfulness as well of what we 48 THE LIFE OF.
... that we cannot fail without a most shameful desertion of our own interests , any thing like a change of conduct would imply a very unhappy change of prin- ciples , and a forgetfulness as well of what we 48 THE LIFE OF.
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