History of the United States: From Their First Settlement as Colonies, to the Cession of Florida, in Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-one, Comprising Every Important Political Event... and a Copious Alphabetical IndexGrigg, 1832 - 308 էջ |
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... colonel of militia , there is no occurrence in the history of Virginia , essential to be noticed . The number of its inha- bitants then exceeded sixty thousand ; by which , it appears , that in the previous twenty - eight years its ...
... colonel of militia , there is no occurrence in the history of Virginia , essential to be noticed . The number of its inha- bitants then exceeded sixty thousand ; by which , it appears , that in the previous twenty - eight years its ...
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... colonel Nichols , the officer intrusted with its reduction ; and , after him , by colo- nel Lovelace ; under whom , the people lived very happily , until , in 1673 , his powers were annulled by the re - surren- der of the colony ; an ...
... colonel Nichols , the officer intrusted with its reduction ; and , after him , by colo- nel Lovelace ; under whom , the people lived very happily , until , in 1673 , his powers were annulled by the re - surren- der of the colony ; an ...
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... colonel , and young Washington lieutenant colonel . With two companies , the latter 1754 pushed forward as far as the Great Meadows ; where he surprised and captured , in the night , a party of French who were advancing towards the ...
... colonel , and young Washington lieutenant colonel . With two companies , the latter 1754 pushed forward as far as the Great Meadows ; where he surprised and captured , in the night , a party of French who were advancing towards the ...
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... colonel Washington , and covered the retreat of their associates . Three successive campaigns had procured nothing but expense and disappointment . The French had the com- mand of the lakes , a complete ascendency over the Indians , and ...
... colonel Washington , and covered the retreat of their associates . Three successive campaigns had procured nothing but expense and disappointment . The French had the com- mand of the lakes , a complete ascendency over the Indians , and ...
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... colonel Barrè : " No ; they were planted by your oppres- sions . They fled from tyranny , to an uncultivated , unhos- pitable country , where they exposed themselves to all the hardships to which human nature is liable ; and , amongst ...
... colonel Barrè : " No ; they were planted by your oppres- sions . They fled from tyranny , to an uncultivated , unhos- pitable country , where they exposed themselves to all the hardships to which human nature is liable ; and , amongst ...
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