 | Elizabeth Bryant Johnston - 1895 - 270 lapas
...FIFTEENTH. 1775 George Washington, Esq., of Virginia, was nominated by Hon. Thomas Johnson, of Maryland, " to command all the Continental Forces raised or to be raised for the defense of American Liberty." The nomination was seconded by Samuel Adams of Massachusetts. The election was made by ballot, and... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1897 - 322 lapas
...should be raised." On the following day George Washington, Esq., of Virginia, "was unanimously selected to command all the continental forces raised or to be raised for the defence of American liberty." In October the fitting out of a little navy and the commissioning of... | |
 | 1897 - 600 lapas
...June, 1775, that body elected George Washington, a delegate from Virginia, commanderin-chief of all the forces raised, or to be raised, for the defense of American liberty. On the 3d of July, 1775, Washington took command of the American army at Cambridge. With this force,... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 lapas
...having twelve months ago, in this place, moved you that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for the defense of American liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or... | |
 | Mrs. Lillian Ione Rhoades MacDowell - 1900 - 396 lapas
...forces, so on June 15, 1775, Congress, in session at the Statehouse, passed the following resolution : " Resolved, That a General be appointed to command all...Continental Forces, raised or to be raised for the defence of American liberty. " That five hundred dollars per month be allowed for the pay and expenses... | |
 | George I. Aldrich, Alexander Forbes - 1900 - 248 lapas
...having, twelve months ago, in this place, moved you that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for the defense of American liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or... | |
 | United States. Adjutant-General's Office - 1901 - 812 lapas
...of the armj'. The Continental Congress, June 15, 1775, unanimously elected George Washington, esq., "to command all the continental forces, raised or...to be raised, for the defense of American liberty," and resolved, July 21, "that such a body of troops be kept up in the Massachusetts Bay as General Washington... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1901 - 1024 lapas
...of Lexington and Concord. The second appointed George Washington "General and Commander-iu-Chief of all the Continental forces raised or to be raised for the defense of American liberty," and the third adopted " rules and regulations for the government of the army." This was the origin... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 364 lapas
...having twelve months ago, in this place, moved you, that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for the defense of American liberty ; may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 376 lapas
...having twelve months ago, in this place, moved you, that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for the defense of American liberty ; may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate... | |
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Resolved, That a general be appointed to command all the Continental forces raised, or to be raised, for the defence of American liberty. 
