The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783American Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1834 |
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... officer to command the northern army , I should wish to be excused from making the appointment . For this many reasons ... officers . The present situation of that depart- VOL . V. B ment is delicate and critical , and the choice of PART ...
... officer to command the northern army , I should wish to be excused from making the appointment . For this many reasons ... officers . The present situation of that depart- VOL . V. B ment is delicate and critical , and the choice of PART ...
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... officers , who are recruiting , and order them forthwith . to join their respective corps . Before I conclude , I would beg leave to mention , that the success of this interesting business , in all its parts , will depend much upon a ...
... officers , who are recruiting , and order them forthwith . to join their respective corps . Before I conclude , I would beg leave to mention , that the success of this interesting business , in all its parts , will depend much upon a ...
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... officers in that department , which will give them an opportunity of justifying their conduct , or the public an opportunity of making examples . This how- ever will not retrieve the misfortune ; for certain it is , that this affair has ...
... officers in that department , which will give them an opportunity of justifying their conduct , or the public an opportunity of making examples . This how- ever will not retrieve the misfortune ; for certain it is , that this affair has ...
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... officers would consider the matter fully , and , if you think you can spare Cortlandt's and Livingston's regi- ments , that they may be put in readiness to move . have ordered the heavy baggage of the army to be thrown over the Delaware ...
... officers would consider the matter fully , and , if you think you can spare Cortlandt's and Livingston's regi- ments , that they may be put in readiness to move . have ordered the heavy baggage of the army to be thrown over the Delaware ...
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... officers , held on the 7th instant , to consult on several matters respecting the army . In the course of their deliberation they took into consideration the subject reported . I shall only add , that this matter has been long ...
... officers , held on the 7th instant , to consult on several matters respecting the army . In the course of their deliberation they took into consideration the subject reported . I shall only add , that this matter has been long ...
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affairs American appointed army arrived assure attack battle of Brandywine brigade British Burgoyne camp campaign circumstances Colonel command Commander-in-chief commissioners conduct consequences considered Conway corps DEAR SIR Delaware deserters despatch detachment division effect enclosed endeavour enemy enemy's evacuated exchange expect favor force Ford Fort Mifflin Fort Montgomery garrison Gates gentlemen give happy Head-Quarters honor hope HORATIO GATES horse hundred immediately instant intelligence Island Jersey letter liberty Lieutenant-Colonel Lord MAJOR-GENERAL Marquis de Lafayette matter measure ment Mifflin miles militia morning necessary North River obliged occasion officers opinion party Peekskill person Philadelphia present PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS prisoners proper Putnam quarter rank reason received Red Bank regiment reinforcement request resolve respect retreat Rhode Island Schuylkill sent sincerely Sir Henry Clinton situation soon Staten Island thing tion Valley Forge Washington wish wounded yesterday York
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367 페이지 - I 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 ; and I renounce, refuse, and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him ; and I do swear (or affirm) that I will, to the utmost of my power, support, maintain, and defend the said United States against the said King George the Third and his heirs and successors, and his or their abettors, assistants,...
356 페이지 - ... upon a lasting foundation, it becomes us to set apart a day for gratefully acknowledging the divine goodness, and celebrating the important event, which we owe to his divine interposition.
11 페이지 - ... liberty, in which the United States are engaged, has left his family and connexions, and at his own expense come over to offer his service to the United States, without pension or particular allowance, and is anxious to risk his life in our cause; Resolved, that his service be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, his illustrious family, and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general in the army of the United States.
327 페이지 - 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.
8 페이지 - General Howe's in a manner abandoning General Burgoyne, is so unaccountable a matter, that, till I am fully assured it is so, / cannot help casting my eyes continually behind me.
492 페이지 - 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.
98 페이지 - General Conway's merit as an officer, and his importance in this army, exist more in his own imagination than in reality. For it is a maxim with him to leave no service of his own untold, nor to want any thing which is to be obtained by importunity.
74 페이지 - In this situation, your Excellency would not wish me to part with the corps the army of General Burgoyne are most afraid of.
147 페이지 - My own difficulties, in the course of the campaign, have been not a little increased by the extra aid of Continental troops, which the gloomy prospect of our affairs in the North immediately after the reduction of Ticonderoga, induced me to spare from this army. But it is to be hoped that all will yet end well. IF THE CAUSE IS ADVANCED, INDIFFERENT IS IT TO ME WHERE OR IN WHAT QUARTER IT HAPPENS.
42 페이지 - As there is not now the least danger of General Howe's going to New England, I hope the whole force of that country will turn out, and, by following the great stroke struck by General Stark near Bennington, entirely crush General Burgoyne, who by his letter to Colonel Baum seems to be in want of almost every thing.