Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783William Spohn Baker J.B. Lippincott, 1892 - 334 páginas |
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... evacuate the town without further delay , and very early in the morning of the 17th ( two o'clock ) , commenced the ... evacuated the town of Boston without destroying it , and that we are now in full possession . " - Washington to ...
... evacuate the town without further delay , and very early in the morning of the 17th ( two o'clock ) , commenced the ... evacuated the town of Boston without destroying it , and that we are now in full possession . " - Washington to ...
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... evacuation of Boston by the British , Washing- ton , supposing that the next attempt would be against New York , ordered the whole body of riflemen and six regiments of the army under General Heath , to march for that city . He now , on ...
... evacuation of Boston by the British , Washing- ton , supposing that the next attempt would be against New York , ordered the whole body of riflemen and six regiments of the army under General Heath , to march for that city . He now , on ...
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... Evacuation of the Town by the Enemy . . £ 8.10 . " — Washington's Accounts . MONDAY , APRIL 1 . At Cambridge : " Your letter of the 15th ultimo contained a very unfavorable account of the Carolinas , but I am glad to find by the ...
... Evacuation of the Town by the Enemy . . £ 8.10 . " — Washington's Accounts . MONDAY , APRIL 1 . At Cambridge : " Your letter of the 15th ultimo contained a very unfavorable account of the Carolinas , but I am glad to find by the ...
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... evacuation in September , when he moved to the " Roger Morris House , " Harlem Heights . SUNDAY , APRIL 14 . At New York : Orderly Book .- " The General compli- ments the Officers , who have successively commanded at this Post , and ...
... evacuation in September , when he moved to the " Roger Morris House , " Harlem Heights . SUNDAY , APRIL 14 . At New York : Orderly Book .- " The General compli- ments the Officers , who have successively commanded at this Post , and ...
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... evacuated New York , in 1783 , went to England with his family . The house , which is still standing , is almost opposite to the intersection of Tenth Avenue and One Hundred and Sixty- first Street with the old Kingsbridge road . FRIDAY ...
... evacuated New York , in 1783 , went to England with his family . The house , which is still standing , is almost opposite to the intersection of Tenth Avenue and One Hundred and Sixty- first Street with the old Kingsbridge road . FRIDAY ...
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answers an address appointed April arrived artillery 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 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 Rochambeau SATURDAY Schuyler Schuylkill Secretary at War SEPTEMBER soldiers SUNDAY Tavern thousand THURSDAY town Trenton troops TUESDAY Valley Forge Verplanck's Point Virginia Wash Washington to Governor Washington's Journal WEDNESDAY West Point Windsor yesterday York
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Página 321 - 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 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "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 4 - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Página 112 - I can assure those gentlemen that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside than to occupy a cold, bleak hill and sleep under frost and snow without clothes or blankets.
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 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 32 - And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Página 59 - Voltaire has remarked, that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the Character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude...
Página 129 - KALB'S OATH OF ALLEGIANCE I, John Baron de Kalb, Major General, 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...
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.