The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799, Band 14

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1779

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General Orders April
13
To the Board of War January
18
To President Joseph Reed and the Pennsylvania Coun
20
To Count Pulaski January
24
To Lord Stirling January 26 46
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To Jeremiah Wadsworth January
32
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General Orders January 27
50
To Lieutenant Colonel Charles ArmandTuffin Janu
56
To Governor William Livingston January 31
63
To the Committee of Conference January 23
64
ruary 8
79
General Orders January 24
98
General Orders February 12
102
To Major General Alexander McDougall February 14
108
To Brigadier General Lachlan McIntosh February 15
114
Ordering him to Charleston
119
To Lieutenant Colonel Richard Varick February 15
120
General Orders February 16
126
To Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg February 17
132
To Colonel Oliver Spencer February 20
135
To the President of Congress February 24
141
To Lund Washington February 2426
147
To the President of Congress February 26
153
To Brigadier General John Glover February 26
155
To the Committee of Conference April 7
157
To the Board of War February 28
161
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To Major General Nathanael Greene March 1
167
To Colonel Zebulon Butler March 1
170
To Major Albert Pawling March 2
176
To Major General Alexander McDougall March 3
182
To Governor William Livingston March 3
185
To Governor George Clinton January 25
189
To Governor Diego Joseph Navarro March 4
192
To Major General Israel Putnam March 6
198
To Brigadier General Charles Scott March 6
203
To Baron de Knobelauch March 7
209
To Marquis de Lafayette March 810
212
To Major Henry Lee March 9
213
Proclamation March 10
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To Captain William Galvan March 11
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Seite 365 - ... on the 1st of June. The sympathy and patriotic feelings of the Burgesses were strongly excited ; and they forthwith passed an order, deprecating this ministerial procedure, as a hostile invasion, and setting apart the 1st of June to be observed "as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, to implore the Divine interposition for averting the heavy calamity, which threatened destruction to their civil rights and the evils of civil war, and to give them one heart and one mind firmly to oppose,...
Seite 217 - American troops are again in huts; but in a more agreeable and fertile country, than they were in last winter at Valley Forge ; and they are better clad and more healthy, than they have ever been since the formation of the army.
Seite 382 - Congress with an unfavourable idea of me, and as I only know this in a private confidential way, that I cannot take any step to remove the impression if it should be made. I am aware, sir, of the delicacy of your situation, and I mean this letter only for your own private information ; you will therefore not allow yourself to be embarrassed by its contents, but with respect to me, pass it over in silence.
Seite 183 - But the profoundest secrecy was judged necessary to the success of such an enterprise for the following reasons — That immediately upon the discovery of our design the Savages would either put themselves in condition to make head against us, by a reunion of all their force and that of their allies, strengthened besides by succours from Canada — or elude the expedition altogether — which might be done at the expence only of a temporary evacuation of forests which we could not possess — and...
Seite 432 - If this or a similar plan could be fallen upon, comprehending the whole number, under some common head, a man of ability and authority commissioned to act as commodore or admiral, I think great advantages might result from it. I am not sure but at this moment, by such a collection of the naval force we have, all the British armed vessels and transports at Georgia might be taken or destroyed, and their troops ruined. Upon the present system, our ships are not only very expensive and totally useless...
Seite 90 - It was not till the 5th instant, I returned to this place. While in Philadelphia what between Congress and a special committee of that body I was furnished with ample employment. I had few moments of relaxation.
Seite 75 - Lincoln, or the Commanding Officer of the Southern department ; I have ordered the Infantry of your Corps, which were stationed at the Minisink, to march immediately to Lancaster in Pennsylvania. You will be pleased to inform yourself of the nearest route to your Place of destination, and put the Troops in Motion as soon as Possible. I make no Doubt, but that you will give such Orders as may seem best calculated to facilitate the March, without over fatiguing the Men or rendering the Horses unfit...
Seite 382 - The impression attempted to be made has not taken. It passed without a single remark. Your friends thought it merited nothing but silence and neglect. The same reason induced me to take no notice of it in my answer.
Seite 184 - ... service — which should be Corps of active Rangers, who are at the same time expert marksmen and accustomed to the irregular kind of wood-fighting practiced by the Indians.
Seite 442 - That the inspector general, so far as relates to the inspection of the army, be subject to the orders of Congress, the Board of War, and the Commander in Chief only: but the...

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