The Writings of George Washington: Life of WashingtonAmerican Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1837 - Presidents |
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... Body . His Farewell Address to the Army . - The British evacuate New York.- Wash- ington resigns his Commission , and retires to private Life at Mount Vernon . 373 --- - CHAPTER XV . He declines receiving pecuniary Compensation CONTENTS ...
... Body . His Farewell Address to the Army . - The British evacuate New York.- Wash- ington resigns his Commission , and retires to private Life at Mount Vernon . 373 --- - CHAPTER XV . He declines receiving pecuniary Compensation CONTENTS ...
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... Bodies 437 • II . Letters addressed to Washington by Various Persons 465 III . Miscellaneous Letters relating to Subjects mentioned in Washington's Writings 471 IV . Speeches and Messages to Congress 477 V. Proclamations 478 VI ...
... Bodies 437 • II . Letters addressed to Washington by Various Persons 465 III . Miscellaneous Letters relating to Subjects mentioned in Washington's Writings 471 IV . Speeches and Messages to Congress 477 V. Proclamations 478 VI ...
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... Bodies of armed men had likewise ascended the Mississippi from New Orleans to act in concert , and established themselves on the southern waters of the Ohio . The object was to form a line of military posts from Louisiana to Canada ...
... Bodies of armed men had likewise ascended the Mississippi from New Orleans to act in concert , and established themselves on the southern waters of the Ohio . The object was to form a line of military posts from Louisiana to Canada ...
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... body of broken ice driving rapidly down the current . Weary and exhausted they were compelled to pass the night on the bank of the river , exposed to the rigor of the weather , making their beds on the snow , with no other covering than ...
... body of broken ice driving rapidly down the current . Weary and exhausted they were compelled to pass the night on the bank of the river , exposed to the rigor of the weather , making their beds on the snow , with no other covering than ...
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... body of French troops descended the river from Venango , consisting of one thousand men , with eighteen pieces of cannon , sixty batteaux , and three hundred canoes , under the com- mand of Captain Contrecœur , and summoned them to ...
... body of French troops descended the river from Venango , consisting of one thousand men , with eighteen pieces of cannon , sixty batteaux , and three hundred canoes , under the com- mand of Captain Contrecœur , and summoned them to ...
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