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; J. B. Russell, 1838 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 64
Seite 5
... obliged to retreat before him into Vir- ginia . Whether from despair of recovering his pris- oners , of bringing Greene to a general action , or be- cause he conceived his own situation critical , I do not take upon me to determine ...
... obliged to retreat before him into Vir- ginia . Whether from despair of recovering his pris- oners , of bringing Greene to a general action , or be- cause he conceived his own situation critical , I do not take upon me to determine ...
Seite 27
... obliged to reflect , that it will not do to push that right too far , more especially in a service like ours , and at a time so critical as the present . I am convinced , that no officer can with justice dis- pute your merit and ...
... obliged to reflect , that it will not do to push that right too far , more especially in a service like ours , and at a time so critical as the present . I am convinced , that no officer can with justice dis- pute your merit and ...
Seite 36
... obliging as to forward it or a copy to me by some safe conveyance , as it may be eventually advantageous to have it here . Colonel Tupper , who goes to relieve Colonel Vose , will have the honor to deliver this letter to you . I am ...
... obliging as to forward it or a copy to me by some safe conveyance , as it may be eventually advantageous to have it here . Colonel Tupper , who goes to relieve Colonel Vose , will have the honor to deliver this letter to you . I am ...
Seite 58
... oblige me by obtaining and sending me as accurate intelligence as possible . I am , & c . TO JOHN SULLIVAN , IN CONGRESS . DEAR SIR , New Windsor , 29 May , 1781 . No arguments were necessary to convince me of the very great public ...
... oblige me by obtaining and sending me as accurate intelligence as possible . I am , & c . TO JOHN SULLIVAN , IN CONGRESS . DEAR SIR , New Windsor , 29 May , 1781 . No arguments were necessary to convince me of the very great public ...
Seite 62
... obliged finally to withdraw from South Carolina and even from North Carolina , it will not be attributed to your want either of abilities or of exertion , but to the true cause , the want of means to support the war in them . I feel for ...
... obliged finally to withdraw from South Carolina and even from North Carolina , it will not be attributed to your want either of abilities or of exertion , but to the true cause , the want of means to support the war in them . I feel for ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquainted affairs American appointed arrived assure British campaign Carolina Chesapeake circumstances Colonel command Commander-in-chief communication conduct consequence considered corps Count de Barras Count de Grasse Count de Rochambeau DEAR MARQUIS DEAR SIR despatch detachment distress Dobbs's Ferry Earl Cornwallis enclosed endeavour enemy enemy's esteem evacuation event Excellency Excellency's execution exertions expected favor fleet force French army garrison give happy Head-Quarters honor hope inform Laurens letter Lord Cornwallis MAJOR-GENERAL Marquis de Lafayette means measures ment military militia naval necessary Newburg object obliged occasion officers operations opinion orders peace Philadelphia pleased pleasure posts present PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS prisoners proper proposed received regiments request respecting Rhode Island River secretary at war sent sentiments Sir Guy Carleton Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon South Carolina superintendent of finance tion transportation troops United VIII Virginia Washington Weathersfield wish York York Island
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 503 - 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 502 - Mr. President, The great events on which my resignation depended, having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and lo cl.iim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
Seite 503 - THE successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations, and my gratitude for the interposition of providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest.
Seite 561 - ... the gratification of every wish so far as may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my country, and those powers we are bound to respect, you may freely command my services to the utmost extent of my abilities.
Seite 554 - Or is it rather a country that tramples upon your rights, disdains your cries and insults your distresses? Have you not more than once suggested your wishes and made known your wants to Congress — wants and wishes which gratitude and policy should have anticipated rather than evaded? And have you not lately, in the meek language of entreating memorials, begged from their justice what you could no longer expect from their favor?
Seite 372 - Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation . . . Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine Birds.
Seite 32 - 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 burned my house and laid my plantation in ruins.
Seite 443 - It is only in our united character, as an empire, that our independence is acknowledged, that our power can be regarded, or our credit supported, among foreign nations. The treaties of the European powers with the United States of America will have no validity on a dissolution of the Union. We shall be left nearly in a state of nature ; or we may find, by our own unhappy experience, that there is a natural and necessary progression from the extreme of anarchy to the extreme of tyranny, and that arbitrary...
Seite 540 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...
Seite 440 - ... federal government, as will enable it to answer the ends of its institution, or this may be the ill-fated moment for relaxing the powers of the Union, annihilating the cement of the confederation, and exposing us to become the sport of European politics, which may play one State against another, to prevent their growing importance, and to serve their own interested purposes. For, according to the system of policy the States shall adopt at this moment, they will stand or fall ; and by their confirmation...