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" I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by ; when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet water : but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold... "
The Writings of George Washington: pt.i. Official letters relating to the ... - Page 444
by George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834
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The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Volumes 7-8

1924 - 600 pages
...manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by,...against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet of water; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding...
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Seeing Pennsylvania

John Thomson Faris - 1919 - 454 pages
...manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft that the ice might pass by,...with so much violence against the pole that it jerked us out into ten feet of water. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get to either shore, but...
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History of Pittsburgh and Environs, Volume 1

George Thornton Fleming - 1922 - 642 pages
...that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with such violence against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet of water; but I fortunately saved...
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Told in Story, American History ... Book 1, Volume 1

Hamilton James Eckenrode - 1922 - 392 pages
...the Ohio, and to cross a river we made a raft of logs. I was poling, and the current threw the raft with so much violence against the pole that it jerked me out into ten feet of water, and I was like to have drowned. This wind and sleet seem warm when I remember that ; and...
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The Diaries of George Washington, 1748-1799, Volume 1

George Washington - 1925 - 492 pages
...that we expected every Moment our Raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put-out my setting Pole to try to stop the Raft, that the Ice might pass by;...fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the Raft Logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts we could not get the Raft to either Shore; but were obliged,...
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Americana Illustrated, Volume 19

National Americana Society - 1925 - 856 pages
...that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my sitting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by,...against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet of water; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding...
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When America was Young

John Thomson Faris - 1925 - 460 pages
...Raft, that the Ice might pass by, when the Rapidity of the stream . . . jerked me out into Ten Feet of Water, but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the Raft Logs; notwithstanding all our Efforts we could not get the Raft to either Shore, but were obliged,...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

John Marshall - 1926 - 578 pages
...that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by,...fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get to either shore, but were obliged, as...
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Pennsylvania: A History, Volume 2

George Patterson Donehoo - 1926 - 562 pages
...that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my sitting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by,...against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet of water ; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding...
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George Washington, Colonial Traveller, 1732-1775

George Washington - 1927 - 442 pages
...that we expected every Moment our Raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put-out my setting Pole to try to stop the Raft, that the Ice might pass by;...fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the Raft Logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts we could not get the Raft to either Shore ; but were obliged,...
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