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... chief of the American Army 479 II . General Washington's Arrival in Cambridge 484 III . State of the Army at Cambridge when General Washington took the Command 486 Page IV . Returns of the Army 493 V. Indians xxii CONTENTS .
... chief of the American Army 479 II . General Washington's Arrival in Cambridge 484 III . State of the Army at Cambridge when General Washington took the Command 486 Page IV . Returns of the Army 493 V. Indians xxii CONTENTS .
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... took the name of his estate . From this gen- tleman , who was originally called William de Hert- burn , have descended the branches of the Washing- ton family , which have since spread themselves over various parts of Great Britain and ...
... took the name of his estate . From this gen- tleman , who was originally called William de Hert- burn , have descended the branches of the Washing- ton family , which have since spread themselves over various parts of Great Britain and ...
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... took part in an expedition against the Island of New Providence . He was successively governor of that Island , and chief justice of the Bahamas ; and was thence transferred at his request to an office in New England . While there , he ...
... took part in an expedition against the Island of New Providence . He was successively governor of that Island , and chief justice of the Bahamas ; and was thence transferred at his request to an office in New England . While there , he ...
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... took passage in a vessel bound to the Chesapeake , and , after encoun- tering a most tempestuous voyage , reached home in February , having been absent somewhat more than four months . He had been but a short time in Barbadoes , when he ...
... took passage in a vessel bound to the Chesapeake , and , after encoun- tering a most tempestuous voyage , reached home in February , having been absent somewhat more than four months . He had been but a short time in Barbadoes , when he ...
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... took every English- man prisoner , whom they found beyond the Alleganies , because all that country belonged to the French King , and no Englishman had a right to trade with the In- dians in the King's territory . In the mean time the ...
... took every English- man prisoner , whom they found beyond the Alleganies , because all that country belonged to the French King , and no Englishman had a right to trade with the In- dians in the King's territory . In the mean time the ...
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