Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington |
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... Cornwallis . 448 .... Lee 449 .... General Greene .. 449 .... Initial Letter .. 471 .... Colonel Washington 472 ... Madison 472 ... Initial Letter . 473 ... View of Mount Vernon 492 ... Tail - Piece 494 .... Portrait of Washington . 495 ...
... Cornwallis . 448 .... Lee 449 .... General Greene .. 449 .... Initial Letter .. 471 .... Colonel Washington 472 ... Madison 472 ... Initial Letter . 473 ... View of Mount Vernon 492 ... Tail - Piece 494 .... Portrait of Washington . 495 ...
Page 117
... Cornwallis , in the autumn of 1781 , marked for her a season of the deepest private sorrow . Her only remaining child , Colonel John Custis , the aide - de - camp of Washington , became , during his arduous duties at the siege of ...
... Cornwallis , in the autumn of 1781 , marked for her a season of the deepest private sorrow . Her only remaining child , Colonel John Custis , the aide - de - camp of Washington , became , during his arduous duties at the siege of ...
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... troops could be saved only by an immediate retreat over a creek near the cove . He gave orders to this purpose , and to facilitate their execution , he in person attacked Lord Cornwallis , who , by this time having 242 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... troops could be saved only by an immediate retreat over a creek near the cove . He gave orders to this purpose , and to facilitate their execution , he in person attacked Lord Cornwallis , who , by this time having 242 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
Page 243
... Cornwallis , who , by this time having gained the coast , had posted a small corps in a house just above the place where the American troops must pass the creek . The attack was bravely made with four hundred men , who , in the opinion ...
... Cornwallis , who , by this time having gained the coast , had posted a small corps in a house just above the place where the American troops must pass the creek . The attack was bravely made with four hundred men , who , in the opinion ...
Page 257
... Cornwallis was detached with a large force , to cross the Hudson , probably with the hope of sur- rounding the whole American army , which lay around Fort Lee , between the Hackinsac and Hudson Rivers . Retreat was now un avoidable ...
... Cornwallis was detached with a large force , to cross the Hudson , probably with the hope of sur- rounding the whole American army , which lay around Fort Lee , between the Hackinsac and Hudson Rivers . Retreat was now un avoidable ...
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