Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783William Spohn Baker J.B. Lippincott, 1892 - 334 páginas |
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... Newburgh , and near the Connecti- cut line . Washington was at West Point on the 19th of September , but whether the visit was made before or after reaching Fredericksburg we can- not determine . WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 23 . At ...
... Newburgh , and near the Connecti- cut line . Washington was at West Point on the 19th of September , but whether the visit was made before or after reaching Fredericksburg we can- not determine . WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 23 . At ...
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... Newburgh : " Permit me sir , to express the high sense I have of the honor you have done me in communi- cating the favorable opinion entertained of my conduct by the Court and nation of France , and to acknowledge my obligation to those ...
... Newburgh : " Permit me sir , to express the high sense I have of the honor you have done me in communi- cating the favorable opinion entertained of my conduct by the Court and nation of France , and to acknowledge my obligation to those ...
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... Newburgh : " Just as I was closing these despatches , I received a letter from Sir Guy Carleton , covering sundry printed papers , a copy of which , with the papers , I have now the honor to enclose to your Excellency . " - Washington ...
... Newburgh : " Just as I was closing these despatches , I received a letter from Sir Guy Carleton , covering sundry printed papers , a copy of which , with the papers , I have now the honor to enclose to your Excellency . " - Washington ...
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... Newburgh : Orderly Book .- " The Commander - in- Chief is happy in the opportunity of announcing to the army the birth of a Dauphin of France ; and , desirous of giving a general occasion for testifying the satisfaction which , he is ...
... Newburgh : Orderly Book .- " The Commander - in- Chief is happy in the opportunity of announcing to the army the birth of a Dauphin of France ; and , desirous of giving a general occasion for testifying the satisfaction which , he is ...
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... Newburgh : " The subjugation of America , so far at least as to hold it in a dependent state , is of too much im- portance for Great Britain to yield the palm to us whilst her resources exist , or our inactivity , want of system , and ...
... Newburgh : " The subjugation of America , so far at least as to hold it in a dependent state , is of too much im- portance for Great Britain to yield the palm to us whilst her resources exist , or our inactivity , want of system , and ...
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answers an address appointed April arrived artillery attack attended August Boston brigades British Cambridge camp cannon Clinton Colonel Commander in Chief Commander-in-Chief Continental council Count de Rochambeau DECEMBER Delaware detachment encamped enemy enemy's eral evacuation Excellency General Washington fleet FRIDAY head-quarters Henry Laurens Hill honor hundred ington JANUARY Jersey Joseph Reed July July 17 June JUNE 18 King's Ferry Kingsbridge Knox land letter Lord Cornwallis Major-General Marquis de Lafayette Memoirs Middlebrook miles Military Journal militia MONDAY morning Morris Morristown Newburgh Newport night North River NOVEMBER o'clock OCTOBER officers Orderly Book Orderly Book.-"The Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia Phillipsburg Preakness present President of Congress quarters Receives and answers regiments Rhode Island Rochambeau SATURDAY Schuyler Schuylkill SEPTEMBER soldiers SUNDAY Tavern thousand THURSDAY to-morrow town Trenton troops TUESDAY Valley Forge Verplanck's Point Virginia Wash Washington's Journal WEDNESDAY West Point Windsor yesterday York
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Página 321 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last 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 public life.
Página 315 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Página 104 - 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.
Página 263 - With a mixture of great surprise and astonishment I have read with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my perusal. Be assured, sir, no occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army as you have expressed, and I must view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity.
Página 3 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny, that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.
Página 42 - THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves ; whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army.
Página 2 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Página 148 - If I were to be called upon to draw a picture of the times and of men, from what I have seen, heard, and in part know, I should in one word say, that idleness, dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of them; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men...
Página 263 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address which to me seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.
Página 3 - I am now set down to write to you on a subject which fills me with inexpressible concern, and this concern is greatly aggravated and increased, when I reflect upon the uneasiness I know it will give you. It has been determined in Congress, that the whole army raised for the defence of the American cause shall be put under my care, and that it is necessary for me to proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it.