The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783American Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1834 |
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... each company , which he gives the establishment , I am persuaded it is not the actual state . The British army in Canada last cam- paign , though they suffered little by action , must PART II . ] THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 19.
... each company , which he gives the establishment , I am persuaded it is not the actual state . The British army in Canada last cam- paign , though they suffered little by action , must PART II . ] THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 19.
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... British regiments can exceed two hundred and fifty men each , fit for the field , or that the foreign troops can amount to much more than three thousand men . The appointment of General Clinton to the govern- ment of your State is an ...
... British regiments can exceed two hundred and fifty men each , fit for the field , or that the foreign troops can amount to much more than three thousand men . The appointment of General Clinton to the govern- ment of your State is an ...
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... British General Clinton had been absent during the past winter and spring in Great Britain , and had returned to New York on the 5th of July . He was now Sir Henry Clinton , having been invested with the Order of the Bath before his ...
... British General Clinton had been absent during the past winter and spring in Great Britain , and had returned to New York on the 5th of July . He was now Sir Henry Clinton , having been invested with the Order of the Bath before his ...
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... British fleet had been seen far up the Chesapeake Bay , and was communicated to General Washington by President Hancock , in a letter dated August 22d , at half past one o'clock in the afternoon , as follows . " This moment an express ...
... British fleet had been seen far up the Chesapeake Bay , and was communicated to General Washington by President Hancock , in a letter dated August 22d , at half past one o'clock in the afternoon , as follows . " This moment an express ...
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... British army , they have been paid four dollars , and , if they bring out their arms , ten dollars and the resolution of Congress thereupon . I have , 42 [ ÆT . 45 . WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS . TO MAJOR-GENERAL PUTNAM. ...
... British army , they have been paid four dollars , and , if they bring out their arms , ten dollars and the resolution of Congress thereupon . I have , 42 [ ÆT . 45 . WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS . TO MAJOR-GENERAL PUTNAM. ...
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الصفحة 367 - I do acknowledge the United States of America to be free, independent, and sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain ; and I renounce, refuse, and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him ; and I do swear (or affirm) that I will, to the utmost of my power, support, maintain, and defend the said United States against the said King George the Third...
الصفحة 356 - ... upon a lasting foundation, it becomes us to set apart a day for gratefully acknowledging the divine goodness, and celebrating the important event, which we owe to his divine interposition.
الصفحة 11 - ... to the United States, without pension, or particular allowance, and is anxious to risk his life in our cause : "Resolved, That his service be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family, and connexions, he have the rank and commission of Major General in the Army of the United States.
الصفحة 504 - My enemies take an ungenerous advantage of me. They know the delicacy of my situation, and that motives of policy deprive me ot the defence I might otherwise make against their insidious attacks. They know I cannot combat their insinuations, however injurious, without disclosing secrets, which it is of the utmost moment to conceal.
الصفحة 327 - Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can possibly do. A peace on other terms would, if I may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from the British nation were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten.
الصفحة 124 - At the same time I cannot but regret that a matter of such magnitude and so interesting to our general operations should have reached me by report...
الصفحة 8 - General Howe's in a manner abandoning General Burgoyne, is so unaccountable a matter, that, till I am fully assured it is so, / cannot help casting my eyes continually behind me.
الصفحة 492 - Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the following paragraph. "In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
الصفحة 98 - General Conway's merit as an officer, and his importance in this army, exist more in his own imagination than in reality. For it is a maxim with him to leave no service of his own untold, nor to want any thing which is to be obtained by importunity.
الصفحة 344 - And further, the committee beg leave to report it as their opinion, that these United States cannot, with propriety, hold any conference or treaty with any commissioners on the part of Great Britain, unless they shall, as a preliminary thereto, either withdraw their fleets and armies, or else, in positive and express terms, acknowledge the independence of the said states.