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 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 100
Seite 7
... opinion of his military character . His friend Gates had in- duced him to buy lands in Virginia , beyond the Blue Ridge , where he sometimes resided . Gates , also , had been an officer in the British army . He was a captain at ...
... opinion of his military character . His friend Gates had in- duced him to buy lands in Virginia , beyond the Blue Ridge , where he sometimes resided . Gates , also , had been an officer in the British army . He was a captain at ...
Seite 12
... opinion , or facilitate any future operation . The posts on Lake Champlain you will please to have properly supplied with provisions and ammunition ; and this I am persuaded you will aim at doing on the best terms , to prevent our good ...
... opinion , or facilitate any future operation . The posts on Lake Champlain you will please to have properly supplied with provisions and ammunition ; and this I am persuaded you will aim at doing on the best terms , to prevent our good ...
Seite 18
... opinion , to hold and defend these works as long as possible . The discour- agement it would give the men , and its contrary effects on the ministerial troops , thus to abandon our encamp- ment in their face , formed with so much labor ...
... opinion , to hold and defend these works as long as possible . The discour- agement it would give the men , and its contrary effects on the ministerial troops , thus to abandon our encamp- ment in their face , formed with so much labor ...
Seite 21
... opinion that a number of hunting - shirts , not less than ten thousand , would in a great degree re- move this difficulty , in the cheapest and quickest man- ner . I know nothing , in a speculative view , more trivial , * When this ...
... opinion that a number of hunting - shirts , not less than ten thousand , would in a great degree re- move this difficulty , in the cheapest and quickest man- ner . I know nothing , in a speculative view , more trivial , * When this ...
Seite 23
... opinion , that he is an able , good officer ; and his resignation would be a public loss . The postponing of him to Pomroy and Heath , whom he has commanded , would make his con- tinuance very difficult , and probably operate on his ...
... opinion , that he is an able , good officer ; and his resignation would be a public loss . The postponing of him to Pomroy and Heath , whom he has commanded , would make his con- tinuance very difficult , and probably operate on his ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affairs American appointed armed vessels army arrived attention beg leave Boston Brigadier-General British Bunker's Hill Camp at Cambridge Canada Captain cause Colonel command Commander-in-chief committee Committee of Safety conduct Connecticut consequence Continental army Continental Congress copy DEAR SIR defence despatch detachment directed duty enclosed enemy engaged enlisted expect expedition Falmouth favor force Gage gentlemen give Governor Trumbull Governor Tryon gress Hampshire honor hope hundred immediately importance Indians informed inhabitants instant JOHN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON JOSEPH REED June letter liberty Lord Lord Dartmouth Lord Dunmore MAJOR-GENERAL Massachusetts matter measures ment military militia necessary necessity officers opinion persons Philadelphia possession present PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS prisoners proper province Provincial Congress Quebec raised received regiments resolved respect Rhode Island River sent sentiments ships soldiers soon taken thousand tion town troops Washington whole wish York
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 2 - But, lest some unlucky event should happen, unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I, this day, declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact...
Seite 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.
Seite 172 - Let the hospitality of the house, with respect to the poor, be kept up. Let no one go hungry away. If any of this kind of people should be in want of corn, supply their necessities, provided it does not encourage them in idleness...
Seite 178 - Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another, in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again.
Seite 482 - The delegates of the United Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina: To GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ.
Seite 449 - THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves ; whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army.
Seite 13 - As to the fatal, but necessary operations of war, when we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty on the most firm and solid foundations, shall enable us to return to our private stations, in the bosom of a free, peaceful, and happy country.
Seite 482 - 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...
Seite 216 - His strength will increase as a snowball by rolling, and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince the slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs.
Seite 2 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity, and that 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.