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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... colonies . George's first schoolmaster appears to have been one of the humblest pretensions ; and he was soon surpassed by his pupil . The old man lived , it is said , to see Washington in the meridian of his glory , and in his latter ...
... colonies . George's first schoolmaster appears to have been one of the humblest pretensions ; and he was soon surpassed by his pupil . The old man lived , it is said , to see Washington in the meridian of his glory , and in his latter ...
Page 51
... colonies , one of them north , and the other south , of the English possessions . Their settlers from Canada approaching the Ohio River , and those of Louisiana manifesting a disposition to occupy the Valley of the Mississippi , the ...
... colonies , one of them north , and the other south , of the English possessions . Their settlers from Canada approaching the Ohio River , and those of Louisiana manifesting a disposition to occupy the Valley of the Mississippi , the ...
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... Colonies and Great Britain . It was the first authentic information of the designs of the French against the British American Colonies which was ever made public . CHAPTER IV . Campaign against Fort Duquesne . HE intentions. RENADIER ...
... Colonies and Great Britain . It was the first authentic information of the designs of the French against the British American Colonies which was ever made public . CHAPTER IV . Campaign against Fort Duquesne . HE intentions. RENADIER ...
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... colonies , took immediate measures to repel the French , and ordered their officers , in case of invasion , to oppose force by force , promising the aid of the mother country if it should be necessary . The danger being equally great to ...
... colonies , took immediate measures to repel the French , and ordered their officers , in case of invasion , to oppose force by force , promising the aid of the mother country if it should be necessary . The danger being equally great to ...
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... colonies was essential to the general safety , and ought to be accomplished as speedily as possible . But then the difficulty of proposing such a plan of union as would be at the same time . acceptable to the colonies and the British ...
... colonies was essential to the general safety , and ought to be accomplished as speedily as possible . But then the difficulty of proposing such a plan of union as would be at the same time . acceptable to the colonies and the British ...
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