The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ...J. Crissy, 1832 |
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... France and commanding officers of the French troops , as well as on the Marquis de Lafayette , who was about to return to his native country . The first intelligence from Europe was far from being calculated to diminish the anxieties ...
... France and commanding officers of the French troops , as well as on the Marquis de Lafayette , who was about to return to his native country . The first intelligence from Europe was far from being calculated to diminish the anxieties ...
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... France and Spain in the American seas had been attended with such signal success , that the hope of annihilating the power of Great Britain in the West Indies was not too extravagant to be indulged . Immense preparations had been made ...
... France and Spain in the American seas had been attended with such signal success , that the hope of annihilating the power of Great Britain in the West Indies was not too extravagant to be indulged . Immense preparations had been made ...
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... France and Spain might be disposed to continue hostilities for the attainment of ob- jects in which America could feel no common interest . This circum- stance , of itself , furnished motives for prolonging the war , after the causes in ...
... France and Spain might be disposed to continue hostilities for the attainment of ob- jects in which America could feel no common interest . This circum- stance , of itself , furnished motives for prolonging the war , after the causes in ...
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... France , was received ; and on the 19th of that month , the cessation * of hostilities was proclaimed . The attention of congress might now be safely turned to the reduction of the army . This , in the empty state of the treasury , was ...
... France , was received ; and on the 19th of that month , the cessation * of hostilities was proclaimed . The attention of congress might now be safely turned to the reduction of the army . This , in the empty state of the treasury , was ...
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... France . To the ministers who had repre- sented his most Christian majesty at Philadelphia , to the admirals who had commanded in the American seas , to the Count de Rochambeau , and the generals and colonels of the French troops who ...
... France . To the ministers who had repre- sented his most Christian majesty at Philadelphia , to the admirals who had commanded in the American seas , to the Count de Rochambeau , and the generals and colonels of the French troops who ...
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