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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... position alone that Washington was his own instructor . Never did any one better deserve to be called a self - taught man . All that may with most propriety be denominated education , all that forms the character for great enterprises ...
... position alone that Washington was his own instructor . Never did any one better deserve to be called a self - taught man . All that may with most propriety be denominated education , all that forms the character for great enterprises ...
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... position . By making him an able civil engineer , it laid the foundation of his future eminence in a military capacity . It was more immedi- ately advantageous to him by procuring for him the acquaintance of the principal landholders of ...
... position . By making him an able civil engineer , it laid the foundation of his future eminence in a military capacity . It was more immedi- ately advantageous to him by procuring for him the acquaintance of the principal landholders of ...
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... position , force , and designs of the French through the aid of the friendly Indians on the borders . With these instructions and a passport , Washington commenced his journey on the 31st of October , 1753. He was accompanied by John ...
... position , force , and designs of the French through the aid of the friendly Indians on the borders . With these instructions and a passport , Washington commenced his journey on the 31st of October , 1753. He was accompanied by John ...
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... position at the forks . He says , " A fort at the fork would be equally well situated on the Ohio , and have the entire command of the Monongahela , which runs from the Virginia set- tlement , and is extremely well designed for water ...
... position at the forks . He says , " A fort at the fork would be equally well situated on the Ohio , and have the entire command of the Monongahela , which runs from the Virginia set- tlement , and is extremely well designed for water ...
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... position before the French parties from the south and the north could unite , and set up the claim of prior possession . The governor , in his instructions to Major Washington on this occasion , ordered him , after having every thing in ...
... position before the French parties from the south and the north could unite , and set up the claim of prior possession . The governor , in his instructions to Major Washington on this occasion , ordered him , after having every thing in ...
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