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... miles from the river . Indeed , upon some pretty strong pre- sumptive evidence , I threw two divisions over the North River . In this situation we lay till about the 24th ult . , when receiving certain information , that the fleet had ...
... miles from the river . Indeed , upon some pretty strong pre- sumptive evidence , I threw two divisions over the North River . In this situation we lay till about the 24th ult . , when receiving certain information , that the fleet had ...
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... miles of the city and waiting to get better information . " — General Greene to General Varnum , 14 August , 1777 . that they had been seen on the 7th instant off 1777 ] 27 GEORGE WASHINGTON . To Major-General Putnam, August 11th The ...
... miles of the city and waiting to get better information . " — General Greene to General Varnum , 14 August , 1777 . that they had been seen on the 7th instant off 1777 ] 27 GEORGE WASHINGTON . To Major-General Putnam, August 11th The ...
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... miles north of Albany . “ I cannot sufficiently thank your Excellency , " he wrote to Washington on the 22d , " for sending Col. Morgan's corps to this army . They will be of the greatest service to it . For until the late success this ...
... miles north of Albany . “ I cannot sufficiently thank your Excellency , " he wrote to Washington on the 22d , " for sending Col. Morgan's corps to this army . They will be of the greatest service to it . For until the late success this ...
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... miles up . I desire you will immediately for- ward this account to Govr Trumbull , to be by him sent on the eastward . As there is not now the least danger of General Howe's going to New England , I hope the whole Force of that Country ...
... miles up . I desire you will immediately for- ward this account to Govr Trumbull , to be by him sent on the eastward . As there is not now the least danger of General Howe's going to New England , I hope the whole Force of that Country ...
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... miles of Philadelphia . To - morrow morning it will move again , and I think to march It thro ' the city , but without halting . I am induced to do this , from the opinion of Several of my officers and many Friends in Philadelphia ...
... miles of Philadelphia . To - morrow morning it will move again , and I think to march It thro ' the city , but without halting . I am induced to do this , from the opinion of Several of my officers and many Friends in Philadelphia ...
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affairs afford appointed attack attended August battalions batteries battle of Brandywine beg leave Billingsport brigade British Burgoyne camp campaign Chesapeake Bay chevaux-de-frise circumstances Clinton Colonel command conduct consequences consider considerable Continental troops corps DEAR SIR defence Delaware detachment directed effect enemy enemy's exertions expect expedition favor fleet force Fort Island Fort Mifflin Fort Montgomery garrison Genl gentlemen George Clinton give Governor hands happy HEAD-QUARTERS honor hope horse Howe's immediately instance Island Jersey letter loss MAJOR-GENERAL Marquis de Lafayette matter means measure ment mention Mifflin miles militia morning necessary North River northern army obliged October officers opinion Peekskill person Philadelphia possession present PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS prisoners proper provisions Putnam quarter rank reason received Red Bank regiments reinforcements resolve respect Schuylkill sent September situation soon supplies thing tion VALLEY FORGE Washington Wilmington wish wounded yesterday
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Página 97 - Every account," said he subsequently, in a letter to the President of Congress, "confirms the opinion I at first entertained that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder and even despair which, it seems, had taken place in the British army, were scarcely to be paralleled and, it is said, so strongly did the ideas of a retreat prevail that Chester was fixed on for their rendezvous. I can discover no other cause for not improving this...
Página 482 - Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can possibly do. A peace on other terms would, if I may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from the British nation were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten.
Página 84 - Since the action of the 19th ultimo, the enemy have kept the ground they occupied the morning of that day, and fortified their camp. The advanced sentries of my pickets are posted within shot, and opposite the enemy's. Neither side has given ground an inch. In this situation your Excellency would not wish me to part with the corps the army of General Burgoyne are most afraid of.
Página 258 - ... houses on the same account,) we have, by a field return this day made, no less than two thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight men now in camp unfit for duty, because they are barefoot and otherwise naked. By the same return it appears that our whole strength in Continental troops, including the eastern brigades, which have joined us since the surrender of General Burgoyne, exclusive of the Maryland troops sent to Wilmington, amounts to no more than eight thousand two hundred in camp fit for...
Página 277 - 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 376 - ... officer in the service of the United States, that would return to the sweets of domestic life with more heartfelt joy than I should. But I would have this declaration accompanied by these sentiments, that, while the public are satisfied with my endeavours, I mean not to shrink from the cause. But the moment her voice, not that of faction, calls upon me to resign, I shall do it with as much pleasure as ever the weary traveller retired to rest.
Página 120 - To sum up the whole, I have been a slave to the service; I have undergone more than most men are aware of to harmonize so many discordant parts; but it will be impossible for me to be of any further service, if such insuperable difficulties are thrown in my way.
Página 482 - ... we should derive from an unrestricted commerce ; our fidelity as a people, our gratitude, our character as men, are opposed to a coalition with them as subjects, but in case of the last extremity.
Página 362 - The various reports circulated concerning their contents ' were perhaps so many arguments for making them speak for themselves, to place the matter upon the footing of certainty. Concealment in an affair, which had made so much noise, though not by my means, will naturally lead men to conjecture the worst ; and it will be a subject of speculation even to candor itself. The anxiety and jealousy you apprehended from revealing the letter, will be very apt to be increased by suppressing it.