A Fragment of HistoryMunder-Thomsen Press, 1910 - 14 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 7 - ... on this continent; and with this view to send out at the head of an adequate force, one of the bravest and most accomplished soldiers of the empire. Such...
الصفحة 8 - ... command of the guard which had charge of the money, believed to be about $15,000 in gold, for the payment of the general's troops. His detail was dispatched ahead of the troops in the line of retreat and told to make for Fort Cumberland.
الصفحة 8 - His father, so the story ran, was one of the six guards who had charge of the treasure of General Braddock, kept for the payment of troops, and the valuable jewels of the officers.
الصفحة 4 - England were particularly severe and cruel, and rendered it impossible for any man to practice his religion in quiet and safety. Sir George Calvert felt this, and although he was assured of protection from the gratitude and affection of the king, he determined to seek another land and to found a new state, where conscience should be free and...
الصفحة 6 - Washington performed his difficult and dangerous mission, through a hostile Indian country, with that courage, zeal, and perseverance, which afterwards, in a higher station, made him the saviour of his country.
الصفحة 10 - South over the slavery question, which began in 1803 with the purchase of Louisiana and ended in strife with the election of Lincoln.
الصفحة 8 - Braddock's defeat, they were dispatched ahead of the troops in the line of retreat in order that the treasure might reach Fort Cumberland in safety.