Life of George Washington, Band 4G.P. Putnam, 1869 |
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... Island . Knyp- hausen's Incursion into the Jerseys.- Caldwell's Church at Elizabethtown burnt . - Character of its Pastor . Foray into Westchester County . - Burn- ing of Young's House in the Valley of the Neperan - CHAPTER II ...
... Island . Knyp- hausen's Incursion into the Jerseys.- Caldwell's Church at Elizabethtown burnt . - Character of its Pastor . Foray into Westchester County . - Burn- ing of Young's House in the Valley of the Neperan - CHAPTER II ...
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... Island . Visit of the Marquis of Chastellux to the American Camp . Washington at Headquarters . on the British Posts given up . Stark forages Westchester County . Exploit of Tallmadge on Long Island - · - - - Attack 146 175 185 CHAPTER ...
... Island . Visit of the Marquis of Chastellux to the American Camp . Washington at Headquarters . on the British Posts given up . Stark forages Westchester County . Exploit of Tallmadge on Long Island - · - - - Attack 146 175 185 CHAPTER ...
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... Island and cap- ture Delancey's Corps . Encampments of Amer- ican and French Armies in Westchester County . - Reconnoitering Expeditions - CHAPTER XXIII . Movements and Counter - movements of Cornwallis and Lafayette in Virginia ...
... Island and cap- ture Delancey's Corps . Encampments of Amer- ican and French Armies in Westchester County . - Reconnoitering Expeditions - CHAPTER XXIII . Movements and Counter - movements of Cornwallis and Lafayette in Virginia ...
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... Island . -Knyphausen's Incursion into the Jerseys.- Caldwell's Church at Elizabethtown burnt . - Character of its Pastor . - Foray into Westchester County.- Burning of Young's House in the Valley of the Neperan . HE dreary encampment at ...
... Island . -Knyphausen's Incursion into the Jerseys.- Caldwell's Church at Elizabethtown burnt . - Character of its Pastor . - Foray into Westchester County.- Burning of Young's House in the Valley of the Neperan . HE dreary encampment at ...
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... Island , he projected a descent upon the latter by Lord Stirling with twenty - five hundred men , to surprise and capture a British force of ten or twelve hundred . His lordship crossed on the night of the 14th of January , from De ...
... Island , he projected a descent upon the latter by Lord Stirling with twenty - five hundred men , to surprise and capture a British force of ten or twelve hundred . His lordship crossed on the night of the 14th of January , from De ...
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aide-de-camp American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage battle boats bridge British British army Camden camp campaign Cape Fear River captured Catawba cavalry Charleston Chastellux Chesapeake Colonel command commander-in-chief conduct Congress coöperate corps Creek crossed detachment dispatched dragoons effect encamped enemy enemy's eral expedition favor Ferry fire forage force ford French fleet garrison Gates give Greene Greene's guard Hamilton head-quarters honor horses Hudson hundred infantry ington Island James River Jersey King's Lafayette land legion letter light troops Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon lordship Major André mand marquis ment miles military militia Morgan mountain night North Carolina officers Portsmouth prisoners pursuit quarters received regiment reinforcements retreat road Rochambeau sent ships side Sir Henry Clinton soldiers South Steuben Sumter Tallmadge Tarleton thousand tion took Virginia wagons Wash Washington Wayne West Point Westchester County wounded writes York York Island
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Seite 475 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 540 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity, and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York, in company with Mr.
Seite 429 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address which to me seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.
Seite 467 - ... in their behalf his recommendations to their grateful country, and his prayers to the God of armies. May ample justice be done them here, and may the choicest of Heaven's favors, both here and hereafter, attend those who, under the Divine auspices, have secured innumerable blessings for others. With these wishes, and this benediction, the commander-in-chief is about to retire from service. The curtain of separation will soon be drawn, and the military scene to him will be closed for ever.
Seite 530 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
Seite 432 - ... under present circumstances, when I see such a number of men, goaded by a thousand stings of reflection on the past and of anticipation on the future, about to be turned into the world, soured by penury and what they call the ingratitude of the public...
Seite 442 - ... resolutions which were published to you two days ago; and that they will adopt the most effectual measures in their power to render ample justice to you for your faithful and meritorious services.
Seite 242 - you have kept me waiting at the head of the stairs these ten minutes. I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." I replied, without petulancy, but with decision, " I am not conscious of it, sir ; but since you have thought it necessary to tell me so, we part.
Seite 145 - General went up to see her, and she upbraided him with being in a plot to murder her child. One moment she raved,. another she melted into tears. Sometimes she pressed her infant to her bosom, and lamented its fate, occasioned by the imprudence of its father, in a manner that would have pierced insensibility itself. All the sweetness of beauty, all the loveliness of innocence, all the tenderness of a wife, and all the fondness of a mother showed themselves in her appearance and conduct.
Seite 443 - Had this day been wanting, the world had never seen the last stage of perfection, to which human nature is capable of attaining.