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, 1835 |
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... situation critical , I do not take upon me to determine ; but the fact is , that here commenced Cornwallis's retrograde movements , and Greene's advance from the Roanoke to the place of action . condition and strength of the forts at ...
... situation critical , I do not take upon me to determine ; but the fact is , that here commenced Cornwallis's retrograde movements , and Greene's advance from the Roanoke to the place of action . condition and strength of the forts at ...
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... situation of the enemy's fleet , how far it may be attempted with prudence ; and your Excellency , from the information you have re- cently received , what number of troops will be suf- ficient for the enterprise . I am persuaded it ...
... situation of the enemy's fleet , how far it may be attempted with prudence ; and your Excellency , from the information you have re- cently received , what number of troops will be suf- ficient for the enterprise . I am persuaded it ...
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... situation , and probable views of the enemy in Virginia , and take his directions as to marching forward to join him , or remaining there to keep a watch upon the motions of Phillips , should he have formed a junction with Ar- nold at ...
... situation , and probable views of the enemy in Virginia , and take his directions as to marching forward to join him , or remaining there to keep a watch upon the motions of Phillips , should he have formed a junction with Ar- nold at ...
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... situation of southern affairs would not permit me to recall your corps to this army , yet it was with great reluctance I could resolve upon seeing you separated from head - quarters . My friendship for you makes me desirous of having ...
... situation of southern affairs would not permit me to recall your corps to this army , yet it was with great reluctance I could resolve upon seeing you separated from head - quarters . My friendship for you makes me desirous of having ...
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... situation with both sides of the alliance would enable me to make ; but having been ordered from you , and many things I had to say not being of a nature , which would render it prudent to commit them to pa- per , these personal ...
... situation with both sides of the alliance would enable me to make ; but having been ordered from you , and many things I had to say not being of a nature , which would render it prudent to commit them to pa- per , these personal ...
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Seite 505 - THE successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations, and my gratitude for the interposition of providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest.
Seite 563 - ... the gratification of every wish so far as may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my country, and those powers we are bound to respect, you may freely command my services to the utmost extent of my abilities.
Seite 505 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life, by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. " Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of...
Seite 557 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt ? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity...
Seite 561 - Congress can be compelled into instant compliance, has something so shocking in it that humanity revolts at the idea. My God! what can this writer have in view, by recommending such measures? Can he be a friend to the army? Can he be a friend to this country? Rather is he not an insidious foe? some emissary, perhaps, from New York, plotting the ruin of both, by sowing the seeds of discord and separation between the civil and military powers of the continent?
Seite 374 - Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation . . . Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine Birds.
Seite 32 - It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard, that, in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burned my house and laid my plantation in ruins.
Seite 294 - Sir Guy Carleton to Washington. The papers enclosed in the letter were printed copies of the proceedings in the House of Commons on the 4th of March, respecting an address to the king in favor of peace, and also a copy of the bill reported in consequence thereof, enabling his Majesty to conclude a peace or truce with the revolted colonies in North America.
Seite 445 - It is only in our united character, as an empire, that our independence is acknowledged, that our power can be regarded, or our credit supported, among foreign nations. The treaties of the European powers with the United States of America will have no validity on a dissolution of the Union. We shall be left nearly in a state of nature ; or we may find, by our own unhappy experience, that there is a natural and necessary progression from the extreme of anarchy to the extreme of tyranny, and that arbitrary...
Seite 542 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...