Reminiscences of Gen'l Samuel B. Webb of the Revolutionary ArmyGlobe Stationery and Printing Company, 1880 - 402 Seiten |
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... WEBB . Coun . Hist . Socy . III , 2814 Major Sam'l B. Webb to Silas Deane . CAMBRIDGE , July 11 , 1775 . DEAR SIR : -Since the close of my other letter , I find the Ex- press is likely to be detained half an hour . I had entirely ...
... WEBB . Coun . Hist . Socy . III , 2814 Major Sam'l B. Webb to Silas Deane . CAMBRIDGE , July 11 , 1775 . DEAR SIR : -Since the close of my other letter , I find the Ex- press is likely to be detained half an hour . I had entirely ...
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James Watson Webb. doing the same ; -the latter I am uncertain of . Mobs ... Dear Sir , to ask whether a letter from Col. Dyer , Mr. Sherman and yourself ... WEBB . WEDNESDAY , 12th . By Mr. Belding , who goes 22.
James Watson Webb. doing the same ; -the latter I am uncertain of . Mobs ... Dear Sir , to ask whether a letter from Col. Dyer , Mr. Sherman and yourself ... WEBB . WEDNESDAY , 12th . By Mr. Belding , who goes 22.
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... Dear Sam❜l , Yours affectionately , Silas Deane to Mrs. Deane . S. DEANE . PHILADELPHIA , June 22 , 1775. Omit MY DEAR : This will be handed you by his Excellency , Gen- eral Washington , in company with General Lee , and retinue ...
... Dear Sam❜l , Yours affectionately , Silas Deane to Mrs. Deane . S. DEANE . PHILADELPHIA , June 22 , 1775. Omit MY DEAR : This will be handed you by his Excellency , Gen- eral Washington , in company with General Lee , and retinue ...
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... Webb , in 1776 ; which could not fail to be of interest to his heirs , if ... Webb , claiming the waif ; and I desire here to say of my old friend - who was ... DEAR WEBB : -I intended to see you before you left town and say what I now ...
... Webb , in 1776 ; which could not fail to be of interest to his heirs , if ... Webb , claiming the waif ; and I desire here to say of my old friend - who was ... DEAR WEBB : -I intended to see you before you left town and say what I now ...
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... Dear Sir , Saturday , 2nd Spetember , 1786 . General S. B. WEBB . Your obd't Ser't , E. HASKELL . Major E. Haskell's letter . [ BOSTON SUNDAY EV'G , 24th Sept . , [ 1786 ] DEAR SIR : —Our friend Platt , like an unexpected ghost , ap ...
... Dear Sir , Saturday , 2nd Spetember , 1786 . General S. B. WEBB . Your obd't Ser't , E. HASKELL . Major E. Haskell's letter . [ BOSTON SUNDAY EV'G , 24th Sept . , [ 1786 ] DEAR SIR : —Our friend Platt , like an unexpected ghost , ap ...
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acquainted Adieu affectionate agreeable Aid-de-Camp American army arrived attend Barrell bearer believe Boston brother Bunker Hill Camp Capt Chester Claverack Colo Colonel Webb command compliments Congress Connecticut Connecticut Line Copud DEAR COLONEL Dear Sir DEAR SIR-I DEAR WEBB enemy esteem exchange expect father favor Feb'y Fishkill Folio forward Gen'l WEBB gentlemen give happy Hartford HEADQUARTERS hear Hetty honor hope horse humble serv't Huntington inform Jan'y John Joseph Joseph Barrell July June lady Laidley Lieut Livingston Long Island Major March Miss morning MORRISTOWN o'clock obd't obliged officers opportunity Parole PEEKSKILL person Philadelphia pleasure present prisoner Putnam received Reg't Regiment request respect S. B. WEBB SAM'L Samuel Samuel Webb SARAH SIMPSON sent Silas Deane sincerely Sister soon tell Thursday to-morrow town troops Tuesday Washington Webb's Wethersfield wish write wrote yesterday York
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Seite 52 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt ? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor...
Seite 399 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Seite 53 - ... it may drive you from the field; that the wound, often irritated and never healed, may at length become incurable; and that the slightest mark of indignity from Congress...
Seite 79 - France, on certain points, which, with his permission, you would mention, such as whether if the Colonies should be forced to form themselves into an independent state, France would probably acknowled[g]e them as such, receive their ambassadors, enter into any treaty or alliance with them, for commerce or defence, or both?
Seite 52 - If this then be your treatment, while the swords you wear are necessary for the defence of America, what have you to expect from peace, when your voice shall sink, and your strength dissipate by division ; when those very swords, the instruments and companions of your glory, shall be taken from your sides, and no remaining mark of military distinction left but your wants, infirmities, and scars...
Seite 38 - The general hopes," said he in his orders, " that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and soldier to act with fidelity and courage, as knowing that now the peace and safety of his country depend, under God, solely on the success of our arms ; and that he is now in the service of a state, possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit and advance him to the highest honors of a free country.
Seite 52 - After a pursuit of seven long years, the object for which we set out is at length brought within our reach. Yes, my friends, that suffering courage of yours was active once ; it has conducted the United States of America through a doubtful and bloody war ; it has placed her in the chair of independency, and peace returns again to bless — whom?
Seite 53 - But let it represent, also, that should they comply with the request of your late memorial, it would make you more happy and them more respectable ; that, while...
Seite 53 - Change the milk-andwater style of your last memorial. Assume a bolder tone, decent but lively, spirited and determined, and suspect the man who would advise to more moderation and longer forbearance.
Seite 39 - ... 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.