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... charge of Fort Constitution , to hasten to his assistance . The British , finding the wharf in flames where they had intended to embark their spoils , completed the con- flagration , beside destroying several small craft laden with ...
... charge of Fort Constitution , to hasten to his assistance . The British , finding the wharf in flames where they had intended to embark their spoils , completed the con- flagration , beside destroying several small craft laden with ...
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... charge to direct that you repair to Ticonderoga immediately , and take command of the army stationed in that department . " * Journals of Congress . SCHUYLER IN PHILADELPHIA . 67 Gates obeyed with alacrity . 66 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... charge to direct that you repair to Ticonderoga immediately , and take command of the army stationed in that department . " * Journals of Congress . SCHUYLER IN PHILADELPHIA . 67 Gates obeyed with alacrity . 66 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... charge to themselves ; but I am at a loss to know how to point out this mode . " Congress determined that no foreign officers should receive commissions who were not well acquainted with the English language , and did not bring strong ...
... charge to themselves ; but I am at a loss to know how to point out this mode . " Congress determined that no foreign officers should receive commissions who were not well acquainted with the English language , and did not bring strong ...
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... guide . As no particular charge is alleged against you , I do not see upon what grounds you can demand a court of inquiry . Your determination not EXPEDITION AGAINST DANBURY . 77 to quit your present command 76 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... guide . As no particular charge is alleged against you , I do not see upon what grounds you can demand a court of inquiry . Your determination not EXPEDITION AGAINST DANBURY . 77 to quit your present command 76 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... charge of the artillery , he put himself at the head of the volunteers , and led them up to Arnold's as- sistance . The enemy , finding themselves hard pressed , pushed for Canepo Hill . They reached it in the evening , with- out a ...
... charge of the artillery , he put himself at the head of the volunteers , and led them up to Arnold's as- sistance . The enemy , finding themselves hard pressed , pushed for Canepo Hill . They reached it in the evening , with- out a ...
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Seite 456 - I find myself just able to hold the pen during a few minutes, and take this opportunity of expressing my sincere grief for having done, written, or said anything disagreeable to your Excellency. My career will soon be over, therefore justice and truth prompt me to declare my last sentiments. You are in my eyes the great and good man. May you long enjoy the love, veneration, and esteem of these States, whose liberties you have asserted by your virtues.
Seite 474 - I am not worth purchasing ; but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Seite 586 - ... feet apart. Of late he has had the surprising sagacity to discover that apples will make pies; and it is a question...
Seite 338 - It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative, and should have reflected on the bad example of communicating with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshments to them with a view to prevent a conflagration.
Seite 168 - 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 154 - The person in your possession is Major John Andre, adjutant general to the British army. The influence of one commander in the army of his adversary is an advantage taken in war. A correspondence for this purpose I held ; as confidential (in the present instance) with his Excellency, Sir Henry Clinton. To favor it, I agreed to meet upon ground not within the posts of either army a person, who was to give me intelligence ; I came up in the Vulture man-of-war for this effect, and was fetched by a boat...
Seite 495 - ... offer 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 178 - Sir Henry Clinton has been too good to me ; he has been lavish of his kindness ; I am bound to him by too many obligations, and love him too well to bear .the thought that he should reproach himself, or...
Seite 121 - a youth, a mere stripling, small, slender, almost delicate in frame, marching beside a piece of artillery with a cocked hat pulled down over his eyes, apparently lost in thought, with his hand resting on the cannon, and every now and then patting it as he mused, as if it were a favorite horse, or a pet plaything.
Seite 431 - my situation now becomes very critical ; we dare not show a gun to their old batteries, and I expect that their new ones will open to-morrow morning. * * * The safety of the place is, therefore, so precarious, that I cannot recommend that the fleet and army should run great risk in endeavoring to save us," — a generous abnegation of self on the part of the beleaguered commander.