The Illustrated Life of Washington: With Vivid Pen Paintings of Battles and Incidents of the Revolution. Embracing Much New and Valuable Information Derived from the Researches of Mr. Lossing and Papers of Rufus PutnamG. & F. Bill, 1859 - 491 Seiten |
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... inhabitants , blocked up the ran- gers in small fortresses , and were spreading devastation and terror on every side . He immediately galloped back to Winchester , summoned the militia , called on the recruits to hasten to head ...
... inhabitants , blocked up the ran- gers in small fortresses , and were spreading devastation and terror on every side . He immediately galloped back to Winchester , summoned the militia , called on the recruits to hasten to head ...
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... inhabitants , terrified out of reason , had abandoned their homes and fled to a place of refuge . The next day other scouts , who had been sent farther on , returned with letters from the outposts , stating that the Indians had gone off ...
... inhabitants , terrified out of reason , had abandoned their homes and fled to a place of refuge . The next day other scouts , who had been sent farther on , returned with letters from the outposts , stating that the Indians had gone off ...
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... inhabitants , which he had not the power to relieve , Wash- ington wished to resign his commission . In a letter to the governor , after depicting the deplorable condition of things , he says : " I am too little acquainted , sir , with ...
... inhabitants , which he had not the power to relieve , Wash- ington wished to resign his commission . In a letter to the governor , after depicting the deplorable condition of things , he says : " I am too little acquainted , sir , with ...
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... inhabitants , and panting for action ; standing with idle hands and fettered feet , sur- rounded with gray - haired fathers and weeping orphans , whom the Indians had bereft of friends , his ears constantly stunned with tales of horrid ...
... inhabitants , and panting for action ; standing with idle hands and fettered feet , sur- rounded with gray - haired fathers and weeping orphans , whom the Indians had bereft of friends , his ears constantly stunned with tales of horrid ...
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... sway he had often been compelled to exercise over the militia , and even the inhabitants themselves , could not offset the deep and wide 2 WASHINGTON'S WEDDING . spread admiration of his conduct and 88 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... sway he had often been compelled to exercise over the militia , and even the inhabitants themselves , could not offset the deep and wide 2 WASHINGTON'S WEDDING . spread admiration of his conduct and 88 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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