Reminiscences of Gen'l Samuel B. Webb of the Revolutionary ArmyGlobe Stationery and Printing Company, 1880 - 402 Seiten |
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... give me pleasure to render you any service in my power ; but it is impossible for me to comply with you request , without violating the principles of Justice and incurring a charge of partiality . You are sensible , that we have several ...
... give me pleasure to render you any service in my power ; but it is impossible for me to comply with you request , without violating the principles of Justice and incurring a charge of partiality . You are sensible , that we have several ...
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... give that up . " Why did not they say that six months ago ? They must now remember , that we have an undoubted right to ask for the expense we have incurred in raising an army and for the loss of the beautiful town of Charlestown ...
... give that up . " Why did not they say that six months ago ? They must now remember , that we have an undoubted right to ask for the expense we have incurred in raising an army and for the loss of the beautiful town of Charlestown ...
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... give as one reason why I have not written you since my return . But the principal reason is truly this , -that my brother , as I suppose , had given you all such intelligence as would be necessary , amusing , or worth paying postage for ...
... give as one reason why I have not written you since my return . But the principal reason is truly this , -that my brother , as I suppose , had given you all such intelligence as would be necessary , amusing , or worth paying postage for ...
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... give them health and strength again , & they are determined to have sweet revenge , & all swear they will never be taken again . Is this a proof of the much boasted humanity of Britons ? Is this a generous return for the kind and ...
... give them health and strength again , & they are determined to have sweet revenge , & all swear they will never be taken again . Is this a proof of the much boasted humanity of Britons ? Is this a generous return for the kind and ...
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... give them orders for repairing to their respective detachments . Folio 74 The General has been pleased to appoint Richard Cary , and Samuel B. Webb , Esqs . , his Aids - de - Camp , and Alexander Counter / Hanson , Esq . , Military ...
... give them orders for repairing to their respective detachments . Folio 74 The General has been pleased to appoint Richard Cary , and Samuel B. Webb , Esqs . , his Aids - de - Camp , and Alexander Counter / Hanson , Esq . , Military ...
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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.