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, Том 2Crissy & Markley, 1848 |
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... existing system to the great purposes of national defence . At length the British troops evacuated New York , and a detachment Nov. 25. from the American army took possession of that town . Guards being posted for the security of the ...
... existing system to the great purposes of national defence . At length the British troops evacuated New York , and a detachment Nov. 25. from the American army took possession of that town . Guards being posted for the security of the ...
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... existing system , as to make it competent to the great objects for which it was instituted , the effort became apparently desperate ; and American affairs were impelled rapidly to a crisis , on which the continu- ance of the United ...
... existing system , as to make it competent to the great objects for which it was instituted , the effort became apparently desperate ; and American affairs were impelled rapidly to a crisis , on which the continu- ance of the United ...
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... existing system . On the mind of no person had this impression been more strongly made , than on that of General Washington . His extensive correspondence bears ample testimony to the solicitude with which he contemplated the ...
... existing system . On the mind of no person had this impression been more strongly made , than on that of General Washington . His extensive correspondence bears ample testimony to the solicitude with which he contemplated the ...
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... existing state of things , as to prepare the way for some essential change in the American system . In the course of the long war which had been carried on in the bosom of their coun- try , the people of the United States had been ...
... existing state of things , as to prepare the way for some essential change in the American system . In the course of the long war which had been carried on in the bosom of their coun- try , the people of the United States had been ...
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... existing laws which might be repugnant to that com- pact . The resolutions which were passed on that subject , and the cir cular letters which accompanied them to the several governors , contain arguments which ought to have ...
... existing laws which might be repugnant to that com- pact . The resolutions which were passed on that subject , and the cir cular letters which accompanied them to the several governors , contain arguments which ought to have ...
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