Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, from Its Discovery to the Present Time, and a General View of Its Present ConditionN. Watson & Company, 1833 - 508 sivua |
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... commenced in the year 1753. This territory was situated within the boundaries of Vir- ginia , and the governor of that province deemed it his duty to remonstrate against encroachments , which he considered in violation of previous ...
... commenced in the year 1753. This territory was situated within the boundaries of Vir- ginia , and the governor of that province deemed it his duty to remonstrate against encroachments , which he considered in violation of previous ...
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... commenced in Virginia , was taken up with much zeal in Great Britain , and two regiments were sent to America to support the pretensions of his Britannic majesty . They arrived early in 1755 , under the command of General Braddock , who ...
... commenced in Virginia , was taken up with much zeal in Great Britain , and two regiments were sent to America to support the pretensions of his Britannic majesty . They arrived early in 1755 , under the command of General Braddock , who ...
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... commenced its march , but did not move with the celerity that had been expected . " I found , " said Washington , in a letter to his brother , " that instead of push- ing on with vigor , without regarding a little rough road , they were ...
... commenced its march , but did not move with the celerity that had been expected . " I found , " said Washington , in a letter to his brother , " that instead of push- ing on with vigor , without regarding a little rough road , they were ...
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... commencement of the revolu- tion , Washington acted as judge of a county court , and as a member of the House of Burgesses of his native province . In this body he was never distinguished as a speaker , yet he secured the esteem and ...
... commencement of the revolu- tion , Washington acted as judge of a county court , and as a member of the House of Burgesses of his native province . In this body he was never distinguished as a speaker , yet he secured the esteem and ...
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... commenced , on the evening of the second of March , and con- tinued on the two succeeding nights . On the night of the fourth , a detachment , under the command of General Thomas , crossed the neck from Roxbury , and took possession of ...
... commenced , on the evening of the second of March , and con- tinued on the two succeeding nights . On the night of the fourth , a detachment , under the command of General Thomas , crossed the neck from Roxbury , and took possession of ...
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