. The life of George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the American Army, through the Revolutionary War; and the first President of the United States. vegenerally embraced. He warmly recommended ho-nourable provision for the officers. The repeated remonstrances of General Washing-ton, supportea bv the chastisements of experience, issn^ LIFE OF WASHINGTON. Ji23 finally induced Congress to lay aside their jealousv cfa standing army, aad to adopt a military establishment for tne war. The expected superiority of the French at sea hAtag, the residue of the campaign passed away withoutany rem
. The life of George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the American Army, through the Revolutionary War; and the first President of the United States. vegenerally embraced. He warmly recommended ho-nourable provision for the officers. The repeated remonstrances of General Washing-ton, supportea bv the chastisements of experience, issn^ LIFE OF WASHINGTON. Ji23 finally induced Congress to lay aside their jealousv cfa standing army, aad to adopt a military establishment for tne war. The expected superiority of the French at sea hAtag, the residue of the campaign passed away withoutany remarkable event. The hostile armies merelywatched each others motions, until the inclemencyof the season forced them into winter quarters. ThePennsylvania line wintered at Morristown; the Jerseyline about Pompton on the confines of New-York andNew-Jersey; and the troops belonging to the New-England States at West Point and its vicinity, on bothsides of the North river. .The New- fork line had proviously been stationed at Albany, to oppose any iavasion that might be made from Canada, and here A reEaained through the winter. ?*D or yoLws f. ?dJ. THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. COm3t£.&£TDSB, lit CIcZIIir OF THE THROUGH TAZ REVOLUTIONARY WAR; AND THE OF THE UNITED STATE So BY AARON BANCROFT D. D. JASTOROF A CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IK WCRCESTSfl TWO VOLUMES UN OJNE. BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, AND COMPANY 1858. public Tli-BfeN FO
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