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CHAPTER X A COLD RECEPTION BY CONGRESS AND ITS FAVORABLE OUTCOME " We were received like dogs at a game of ninepins " ( comme des chiens à un jeu de quille ) , Lafayette told the Chevalier de Mauroy when the latter reached Philadelphia ...
CHAPTER X A COLD RECEPTION BY CONGRESS AND ITS FAVORABLE OUTCOME " We were received like dogs at a game of ninepins " ( comme des chiens à un jeu de quille ) , Lafayette told the Chevalier de Mauroy when the latter reached Philadelphia ...
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Du Coudray arrived in June , 1777 , and presented his demands to Congress , whereupon " the wrath of Congress rose to the boiling point , while that of several officers in the army boiled over . " Sullivan , Greene and Knox threatened ...
Du Coudray arrived in June , 1777 , and presented his demands to Congress , whereupon " the wrath of Congress rose to the boiling point , while that of several officers in the army boiled over . " Sullivan , Greene and Knox threatened ...
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These members of Congress were not the sort of men to accede to an ultimatum ; they were inclined to be quite anti - French , especially since their experience with Du Coudray ; and three of the best American generals Knox , Greene and ...
These members of Congress were not the sort of men to accede to an ultimatum ; they were inclined to be quite anti - French , especially since their experience with Du Coudray ; and three of the best American generals Knox , Greene and ...
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