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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... honor to be , & c . * SIR , TO MAJOR - GENERAL GATES . † Coryell's Ferry , 30 July , 1777 . As we are yet uncertain as to the real destination of the enemy , though the Delaware seems the most probable , I have thought it prudent to ...
... honor to be , & c . * SIR , TO MAJOR - GENERAL GATES . † Coryell's Ferry , 30 July , 1777 . As we are yet uncertain as to the real destination of the enemy , though the Delaware seems the most probable , I have thought it prudent to ...
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... honor to be , & c . Congress had resolved on the 1st of August , that General Schuyler should repair to head - quarters , and that " General Washington should be directed to order such general officer as he should think proper to repair ...
... honor to be , & c . Congress had resolved on the 1st of August , that General Schuyler should repair to head - quarters , and that " General Washington should be directed to order such general officer as he should think proper to repair ...
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... honor , & c . * SIR , TO MAJOR - GENERAL GATES . Head - Quarters , 4 August , 1777 . You will perceive by the enclosed copy of a letter from Congress , that they have destined you to the command of the army in the northern department ...
... honor , & c . * SIR , TO MAJOR - GENERAL GATES . Head - Quarters , 4 August , 1777 . You will perceive by the enclosed copy of a letter from Congress , that they have destined you to the command of the army in the northern department ...
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... honor to be , & c . TO JOHN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON . Germantown , 5 August , 1777 . DEAR BROTHER , Since General Howe removed from the Jerseys , the troops under my command have been more harassed by marching and countermarching , than by ...
... honor to be , & c . TO JOHN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON . Germantown , 5 August , 1777 . DEAR BROTHER , Since General Howe removed from the Jerseys , the troops under my command have been more harassed by marching and countermarching , than by ...
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... honor to be , & c . Hampshire , Rhode Island , Connecticut , and Georgia . This was the first occasion on which the yeas and nays were entered in the journals of the old Congress . It was often done afterwards , and by the rules of the ...
... honor to be , & c . Hampshire , Rhode Island , Connecticut , and Georgia . This was the first occasion on which the yeas and nays were entered in the journals of the old Congress . It was often done afterwards , and by the rules of the ...
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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.