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It was this that made him, as Secretary of War under McKinley, so vigorous a champion of the city plan draughted for Washington by famed French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant in 1791.

From Time Magazine Archive

Others have been draughted into situations connected with the boat companies, which support them during the summer months.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various

As she did so the two torpedoes could be distinctly seen, as, adjusted to their minimum depth to prevent them passing under the lightly draughted objective, they appeared betwixt the crests of the waves.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

He had also been secretary of the committee of acts in the Congress, where once he had draughted a private bill which had never reached discussion.

From Maximina by Palacio Valdés, Armando

This fort is garrisoned by 100 men, draughted from the western army, and put under the command of Col.

From The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Continental Regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Western Indians With an Introduction, Copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Ambuscade by Hardenbergh, John Leonard