Memoirs of General Miller: In the Service of the Republic of Peru, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829 - Peru |
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... executive , much perplexed by this decided step , but unwilling to undergo the mortification of rescinding their former order , re- ferred the correspondence with Captain Prescott to the congress , which , anxious to prevent any mis ...
... executive , much perplexed by this decided step , but unwilling to undergo the mortification of rescinding their former order , re- ferred the correspondence with Captain Prescott to the congress , which , anxious to prevent any mis ...
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... executive , the troops embarked on board the transports in the bay of Callao . They consisted of the following corps : 1st Battalion of Peruvian legion , Col. Miller . 700 Lieutenant - Colonel Sanchez . No. 4 . 700 No. 5 . Artillery of ...
... executive , the troops embarked on board the transports in the bay of Callao . They consisted of the following corps : 1st Battalion of Peruvian legion , Col. Miller . 700 Lieutenant - Colonel Sanchez . No. 4 . 700 No. 5 . Artillery of ...
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... executive , or from the general - in - chief , the prefect of a department di- rected his sub - delegates of provinces to press , and send to the capital of the department , the provincial quotas . Thence they were marched to head ...
... executive , or from the general - in - chief , the prefect of a department di- rected his sub - delegates of provinces to press , and send to the capital of the department , the provincial quotas . Thence they were marched to head ...
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... so feebly seconded by the executive , that every attempt to adjust the matter failed . The payment of 50,000 dollars would have VOL . II . I averted the catastrophe ; but the treasury had not this CHAP . XXII . 113 SANTIAGO .
... so feebly seconded by the executive , that every attempt to adjust the matter failed . The payment of 50,000 dollars would have VOL . II . I averted the catastrophe ; but the treasury had not this CHAP . XXII . 113 SANTIAGO .
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... executive did worse than nothing . Instead of attempting to bring the mutineers to their duty , the president and minister of war began secretly to contrive how they should make their peace with the royalists . For the first few days of ...
... executive did worse than nothing . Instead of attempting to bring the mutineers to their duty , the president and minister of war began secretly to contrive how they should make their peace with the royalists . For the first few days of ...
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