Irving's Works: Life of George WashingtonG. P. Putnam's sons, 1882 |
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affairs American appointed arms army arrived artillery Assembly attack Boston Braam Braddock British brother Bunker's Hill camp campaign Captain Colonel colonies command conduct Congress council Creek Croghan Crown Point Cumberland detachment Duquesne encamped enemy England English expedition fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne French frontier Gage garrison George George Croghan Gist Governor Dinwiddie half-king honor horses House of Burgesses Hugh Mercer hundred Indians ington John king Lake land Lawrence letter Logstown Lord Dunmore Lord Fairfax Lord Loudoun Loudoun Massachusetts ment miles military militia Montcalm Mount Vernon mountains night officers Ohio orders Parliament party patriot Pennsylvania Potomac province Putnam received redoubt regiment retreat returned river road sachem savages scouts sent ships Sir William Johnson soldiers spirit thousand tion took town traders tribes troops Virginia wagons warriors Wash Washington Wessyngton wilderness William Williamsburg Winchester wounded writes York
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