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Page 40
... doubt whether they are moving off for Winter - Quarters , or making a feint to throw us off our guard . Since I came on this side , I have been join'd by about 2000 of the City Militia , and understand , that some of the Country Militia ...
... doubt whether they are moving off for Winter - Quarters , or making a feint to throw us off our guard . Since I came on this side , I have been join'd by about 2000 of the City Militia , and understand , that some of the Country Militia ...
Page 152
... doubt I shall not be able to see my much - loved America till next spring . I shall therefore send it by some American vessel to New York . I have permitted no drawing to be taken here , though it has been often requested , as I think ...
... doubt I shall not be able to see my much - loved America till next spring . I shall therefore send it by some American vessel to New York . I have permitted no drawing to be taken here , though it has been often requested , as I think ...
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... Doubt has often been cast on its authenticity , but a letter , purporting to be the original , hangs on the walls of Oxford University , England , where it is cherished as a model of compassion and a masterpiece of purest English . This ...
... Doubt has often been cast on its authenticity , but a letter , purporting to be the original , hangs on the walls of Oxford University , England , where it is cherished as a model of compassion and a masterpiece of purest English . This ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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