Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Том 5M'Carty and Davis, 1855 |
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... Regiments of Hacket and Dunbar . Being Extracts of Letters from an Officer in one of those Regiments to his Friend in London , " & c . ( Lon- don , 1755 ; 8vo . , pp . 29. ) This seems to be a mere catch - penny production , made up ...
... Regiments of Hacket and Dunbar . Being Extracts of Letters from an Officer in one of those Regiments to his Friend in London , " & c . ( Lon- don , 1755 ; 8vo . , pp . 29. ) This seems to be a mere catch - penny production , made up ...
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... regiment of Béarn . His talents as an engineer , cultivated under such masters as Vauban and Cohorn , early pointed him out to favourable notice , and in season he acquired a captaincy in that regiment , and was created a knight of St ...
... regiment of Béarn . His talents as an engineer , cultivated under such masters as Vauban and Cohorn , early pointed him out to favourable notice , and in season he acquired a captaincy in that regiment , and was created a knight of St ...
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... Regiment , the merit of being their contriver is attributable . The fort was a log breast - work 100 feet square , surrounded in part by a shallow ditch ; and was commenced immediately on Washington's arrival . As day • broke on the ...
... Regiment , the merit of being their contriver is attributable . The fort was a log breast - work 100 feet square , surrounded in part by a shallow ditch ; and was commenced immediately on Washington's arrival . As day • broke on the ...
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... troubles began in 1754. Dinwiddie giving him a company in Frey's regiment , he took an active part in Washington's campaign . It is not impossible he was one On the following morning , the fourth of July , 52 INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR .
... troubles began in 1754. Dinwiddie giving him a company in Frey's regiment , he took an active part in Washington's campaign . It is not impossible he was one On the following morning , the fourth of July , 52 INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR .
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... Regiment ) , then serving in America ; which position he held as late as 1765. He was an eccentric creature ; an acquaintance of David Hume and a friend of Smollett , to whom he is said to have sate for the character of the immor- tal ...
... Regiment ) , then serving in America ; which position he held as late as 1765. He was an eccentric creature ; an acquaintance of David Hume and a friend of Smollett , to whom he is said to have sate for the character of the immor- tal ...
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