| John Adams - 1823 - 456 페이지
...attachment. In a letter to Hamilton, in reference to the arrangement of him and Pinckney, Washington said, " With respect to " my friend General Knox, whom I love and esteem, I "have ranked him below you both." If there was in the revolutionary army but one officer whcm he loved, Knox was that one. In this case... | |
| Timothy Pickering - 1824 - 220 페이지
...attachment. In a letter to Hamilton, in reference to the arrangement of him and Pinckney, Washington said, " With respect to " my friend General Knox, whom I love and esteem, I " have ranked him below you both." If there was in the revolutionary army but one officer whcm he loved, Knox was that one. In this case... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 600 페이지
...express to you a difficulty, which has arisen in my mind relative to seniority between you and General Pinckney ; for, with respect to my friend, General...difficulty proceeds, it is proper I should observe, and I give it as my decided opinion, that, if the French should be so mad as to invade this country in... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 596 페이지
...express to you a difficulty, which has arisen in my mind relative to seniority between you and General Pinckney ; for, with respect to my friend, General...difficulty proceeds, it is proper I should observe, and I give it as my decided opinion, that, if the French should be so mad as to invade this country in... | |
| George Gibbs - 1846 - 572 페이지
...Washington has deliberately and explicitly arranged the last below the other two. These are his words, " with respect to my friend, General Knox, whom I love and esteem, I have ranked him below you both." Considering all the circumstances of Gen. Washington's services and retirement, it was certainly a... | |
| George Washington - 1848 - 604 페이지
...difficulty, which has arisen in my mind relative to seniority between you and General Pinckney ; for, wkh respect to my friend, General Knox, whom I love and...have ranked him below you both. That you may know fiom whence this difficulty proceeds, it is proper I should observe, and I give it as my decided opinion,... | |
| Alexander Hamilton - 1850 - 664 페이지
...express to you a difficulty which has arisen in my mind, relative to seniority between you and General Pinckney ; for with respect to my friend General Knox,...operations will commence in the States south of Maryland ; 1st, because they are the weakest ; 2d, because they will expect from the tenor of the debates in... | |
| Alexander Hamilton - 1851 - 668 페이지
...express to you a difficulty which has arisen in my mind, relative to seniority between you and General Pinckney ; for with respect to my friend General Knox,...as my decided opinion, that if the French should be BO mad as to invade this country in expectation of making a serious impression, that their operations... | |
| John Church Hamilton - 1865 - 954 페이지
...his doubts whether Pinckney would consent to be ranked below him ; for " with respect," he said, " to my friend, General Knox, whom I love and esteem, I have ranked him below you both." " Under the view," taken by him as to Pinckney, he adds, " my wish to put you first, and my fear of... | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge - 1877 - 638 페이지
...President. In that letter, General Washington says explicitly to Hamilton : " You will see that as to my old friend, General Knox, whom I love and esteem, I have ranked him below you both," — that is, below both Hamilton and Pinckney, between whom alone there arose any hesitation in General Washington's... | |
| |