A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our HistoryJ. W. Campbell, 1813 - 310 من الصفحات |
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... latent powers she possessed . The encroachments of the French in the north west , and particularly the esta- blishment of a fort at Au Beuf , first brought into public notice George Washington , whose name has so 1.2 CHAPTER VIII. ...
... latent powers she possessed . The encroachments of the French in the north west , and particularly the esta- blishment of a fort at Au Beuf , first brought into public notice George Washington , whose name has so 1.2 CHAPTER VIII. ...
الصفحة 102
... Washington , whose name has so distinguished a place in the annals of his country . He was scarcely in his nine- teenth year , when he was despatched by go- vernor Dinwiddie , with a message to the French commandant on the Ohio . He ...
... Washington , whose name has so distinguished a place in the annals of his country . He was scarcely in his nine- teenth year , when he was despatched by go- vernor Dinwiddie , with a message to the French commandant on the Ohio . He ...
الصفحة 103
... Washington was ordered to proceed with two companies as far as the Great Meadows . On his march he received information , from some friendly Indians , that the French were at that moment engaged in erecting a fort at the con- fluence of ...
... Washington was ordered to proceed with two companies as far as the Great Meadows . On his march he received information , from some friendly Indians , that the French were at that moment engaged in erecting a fort at the con- fluence of ...
الصفحة 104
... Washington , whose detachment had formed a junction with the main body , and who had succeeded to the command , in con- sequence of the death of colonel Fry . Before their departure from the Great Mea- dows , they erected a stockade for ...
... Washington , whose detachment had formed a junction with the main body , and who had succeeded to the command , in con- sequence of the death of colonel Fry . Before their departure from the Great Mea- dows , they erected a stockade for ...
الصفحة 105
... Washington , and terms pro- posed which , however , were deemed dishon ourable , and were without hesitation reject- ed . The firmness of Washington induced the French officer to recede from the rigour of his terms , which were soon ...
... Washington , and terms pro- posed which , however , were deemed dishon ourable , and were without hesitation reject- ed . The firmness of Washington induced the French officer to recede from the rigour of his terms , which were soon ...
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