...as a feeler As if in casual conversation, he remarked that Conway had written to Gates, saying — " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or...general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." This brought on a correspondence between different parties, and developed, at once, the feelings of...

...a feeler As if in casual conversation, he remarked that Conway had written to Gates, saying- — " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or...general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." This brought on a correspondence between different parties, and .developed, at once, the feelings of...

...the following paragraph : ' In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, " Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.'" " I am, sir, your humble servant, "GEORGE WASHINGTON." This note conveyed a terrible rebuke. Had a...

...esteemed and respected his character, and loved him as a man." 1 Onft of Conway's expressions was, " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counselors would have ruined it." 1 Gates, in a letter to Washington, charged Wilkinson with deceit...

...containing the following paragraph, "In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, ' Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.' " " ' I am, Sir, " ' Obediently yours, " ' GEORGE WASHINGTON.' " " Oh aunt," said Charles, laughing,...

...the following paragraph — l In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, " Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it" ' " I am, sir, your humble servant, " GEORGE WASHINGTON." The brevity of this note rendered it the...

...Lord Stirling at Reading, and, not in confidence, that I ever understood, informed his aide-de-camp, McWilliams, that General Conway had written thus to...general and bad counsellors * would have ruined it.' * " One of these, by the bye, he was," in a note in his hand. Lord Stirling, from motives of friendship,...

...appears to have taken a prominent part in these plots. It was he who wrote to Gates : — " Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it!" — which passage, coming to the knowledge of Washington, was by him sent back to Conway without further...

...appears to have taken a prominent part in these plots. It was he who wrote to Gates:—" Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it!"—which passage, coming to the knowledge of Washington, was by him sent back to Conway without...

...event of Conway's promotion. • Conway breathed out his discontent to Gates, writing in substance : " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or...general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." The correspondents of Gates did not scruple in their letters to speak of the commander-in-chief with...