...the sufferings of Boston, resulting from the enforcement of the Boston Port Bill (qv), he exclaimed: "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and inarch with them, at their head, for the relief of Boston." He was one of the six Virginia dele-gates...

...the other colonies sympathized with Massachusetts. In a speech in the House of Burgesses Washington said, " I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march with them, at their head, for the relief of Boston." George Washington was one of the six Virginia...

...delegates from Virginia. He had already spoken his opinions in the House of Burgesses. " If necessary," he said, " I will raise a thousand men, subsist them...expense, and march them to the relief of Boston." The First Continental Congress. — The delegates met at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, and organized...

...the sufferings of Boston, resulting from the enforcement of the Boston Port Bill (qv), he exclaimed: "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march with them, at their head, for the relief of Boston." He was one of the six Virginia delegates appointed...

...this company. It is he who has just made in the Virginia convention a speech containing the following: 'I will raise a thousand men. subsist them at my own expense and march with them- at their head, for the relief of Boston.' These were his words, and his name is Washington."...

...Silent Man Becomes Eloquent On August 1st Washington was at William sburg, to represent his country in the meeting of representatives from all Virginia....felt that there was a mastering strength behind the woros. He faced the terrible issue solemnly and firmly, but his blood was up, the fighting spirit in...

...the result of an outbreak, and few were so ready to participate in one. In the Virginia convention he said, "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at...expense, and march them to the relief of Boston." No wonder this was designated "the most eloquent speech that ever was made." He was not called on to...

...trade, the princes of government, free men like the barons of old, like the living nobles of England. "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march on Boston," said George Washington. It was not a boast but a confession of purpose spoken like a Saxon...

...mixed. Upon August i, 1774, he stands right up in meeting at Williamsburg and thus delivers himself, — "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and inarch them to the relief of Boston." Truthful history is obliged to record that at this time, Washington...

...Richmond, Va.; believed by many to be the best representation of the statesman. out, Washington rose and said: "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march with them, at their head, for the relief of Boston." 49 FACSIMILE OF A PAGE OF WASHINGTON'S Farewell...