The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755 Under Major-General Edward Braddock, Volume 6Winthrop Sargent Lippincott, Grambo, & Company, 1855 - 423 pages Contains a history of Braddock's Campaign in 1755 against Fort Duquesne. |
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... less value , are to be found in numerous historical works . There are also two obscure and obsolete contemporaneous pamphlets , professing to give an account of Braddock's defeat , which , although not so rare as to be unknown to Rich ...
... less value , are to be found in numerous historical works . There are also two obscure and obsolete contemporaneous pamphlets , professing to give an account of Braddock's defeat , which , although not so rare as to be unknown to Rich ...
Page xiv
... less directly upon the sub- ject in hand . It may be objected that the notes abound too much in " matter needless , of importless burthen ; " yet in such a place , it is submitted that no unimportant part of an editor's duty consists in ...
... less directly upon the sub- ject in hand . It may be objected that the notes abound too much in " matter needless , of importless burthen ; " yet in such a place , it is submitted that no unimportant part of an editor's duty consists in ...
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... less innocent employ- ment for his arms . By thus building up a mighty power behind the English settlements , they would not only be in a position to terribly annoy , if not to entirely overcome them , in the event of war , but also to ...
... less innocent employ- ment for his arms . By thus building up a mighty power behind the English settlements , they would not only be in a position to terribly annoy , if not to entirely overcome them , in the event of war , but also to ...
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... less important , and less self- capable of preservation . In short , as was well said in the House of Commons , the French held the colonies within their range of posts as in the two ends of a net , which , if tightened by degrees ...
... less important , and less self- capable of preservation . In short , as was well said in the House of Commons , the French held the colonies within their range of posts as in the two ends of a net , which , if tightened by degrees ...
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... less , nothing can be more certain than that it rightfully appertained to neither Pennsylvania nor Virginia . The original patent , from James I. to the London and Plymouth Companies , which was relied upon by Virginia , had been ...
... less , nothing can be more certain than that it rightfully appertained to neither Pennsylvania nor Virginia . The original patent , from James I. to the London and Plymouth Companies , which was relied upon by Virginia , had been ...
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48th Regiment advanced party Aid de Camp Alexandria America appointed arms army arrived artillery Assembly baggage Braddock camp Canada Capt Captain Colonel Dunbar colonies command Conrad Weiser Contrecœur Crown Cumberland defeat Delawares desired detachment Dinwiddie Duke of Cumberland Dunbar Edward Braddock encamped enemy English expedition fire flanks Fort Cumberland Fort Necessity French Gage Garneau garrison General's Governor Governor Dinwiddie Grenadiers Guards Halket Hist hundred Indians Iroquois John St Clair July killed land Lieut Lieutenant Colonel Maryland Meadows ment miles Mirepoix Monongahela Morris never night occasion officers Ohio ordered Orme passed Penn Pennsylvania Peter Halket Philadelphia pickets Pouchot proper province provisions Quebec Quesne rank received remained river road Royal Highness savages scalped scene sent Shawanoes Shirley Sir Peter Six Nations soldiers Sparks's St John St subalterns tion troops Virginia waggons warriors Washington Will's Creek wounded
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