Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783William Spohn Baker J.B. Lippincott, 1892 - 334 páginas |
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... quarters about the middle of July . This house , which is still owned and occupied by the Longfellow family , Washington retained as his quarters until he left Cam- bridge for New York , April 4 , 1776 . TUESDAY , JULY 4 . At Cambridge ...
... quarters about the middle of July . This house , which is still owned and occupied by the Longfellow family , Washington retained as his quarters until he left Cam- bridge for New York , April 4 , 1776 . TUESDAY , JULY 4 . At Cambridge ...
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... Quarters beaten up . I was the Chairman of the Committee of Safety at Elizabeth Town [ New Jersey ] , and had about Six or Seven quarter Casks of Powder , which on urgent application from Gen. Washington , were sent to Boston , with ...
... Quarters beaten up . I was the Chairman of the Committee of Safety at Elizabeth Town [ New Jersey ] , and had about Six or Seven quarter Casks of Powder , which on urgent application from Gen. Washington , were sent to Boston , with ...
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... quarters in New York were at a house in Pearl Street opposite Cedar , where he remained until summoned to visit Congress at Philadelphia , towards the end of May . On his return , June 6 , he went to the Mortier House , later known as ...
... quarters in New York were at a house in Pearl Street opposite Cedar , where he remained until summoned to visit Congress at Philadelphia , towards the end of May . On his return , June 6 , he went to the Mortier House , later known as ...
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... again repeats his earnest request , that every officer and soldier will have his arms and Ammunition in good order , keep within their quarters and encampment , as much as possible ; be 46 ITINERARY OF GENERAL WASHINGTON . [ 1776.
... again repeats his earnest request , that every officer and soldier will have his arms and Ammunition in good order , keep within their quarters and encampment , as much as possible ; be 46 ITINERARY OF GENERAL WASHINGTON . [ 1776.
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... Quarters , Kingsbridge : * A council of war , in which it was determined , in consequence of the enemy having landed the main body of their army at Frog's or Throck's Point ( in the American rear ) , that the forces should be withdrawn ...
... Quarters , Kingsbridge : * A council of war , in which it was determined , in consequence of the enemy having landed the main body of their army at Frog's or Throck's Point ( in the American rear ) , that the forces should be withdrawn ...
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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.