A Short History of the United States, 1492-1938Macmillan, 1939 - 1039 pages |
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Page 126
... command Abercromby , a political favorite , was selected against the wishes of Pitt ; but it was hoped that his inefficiency would be overbalanced by his second in command , George Howe , as capable and popular a soldier as then served ...
... command Abercromby , a political favorite , was selected against the wishes of Pitt ; but it was hoped that his inefficiency would be overbalanced by his second in command , George Howe , as capable and popular a soldier as then served ...
Page 195
... Command . A practical difficulty now arose in regard to the command . Carleton ranked Howe in the British army , but the latter had been promised a free hand in America . To avoid an unpleasant clash of authority the command of the ...
... Command . A practical difficulty now arose in regard to the command . Carleton ranked Howe in the British army , but the latter had been promised a free hand in America . To avoid an unpleasant clash of authority the command of the ...
Page 324
... command of the large force at Sackett's Harbor , near Kingston . He was to march down the St. Lawrence , sup- ported by another army led by General Wade Hampton by way of Lake Champlain . The only virture in Wil- kinson's appointment ...
... command of the large force at Sackett's Harbor , near Kingston . He was to march down the St. Lawrence , sup- ported by another army led by General Wade Hampton by way of Lake Champlain . The only virture in Wil- kinson's appointment ...
Contents
Better Times in the Colony | 50 |
The Plymouth Colony | 59 |
The Colonies under the Later Stuarts 16601689 | 92 |
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