Life of George Washington, Količina 3G. P. Putnam's sons, 1857 |
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... passed before his arrival . " By these , " writes he , " you will readily perceive that I shall not return a gen- eral . Under what influence it has been brought about , I am not at liberty now to mention . On my return to Albany , I ...
... passed before his arrival . " By these , " writes he , " you will readily perceive that I shall not return a gen- eral . Under what influence it has been brought about , I am not at liberty now to mention . On my return to Albany , I ...
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... passed over and left to remain a brigadier . Washington was surprised at not seeing his name on the list , but supposing it might have been omitted through mistake , he wrote to Arnold , who was at Provi- dence in Rhode Island ...
... passed over and left to remain a brigadier . Washington was surprised at not seeing his name on the list , but supposing it might have been omitted through mistake , he wrote to Arnold , who was at Provi- dence in Rhode Island ...
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... passed his position , Wooster attacked the rear- guard with great spirit and effect ; there was sharp skir- mishing until within two miles of Ridgefield , when , as the veteran was cheering on his men , who began to waver , a musket ...
... passed his position , Wooster attacked the rear- guard with great spirit and effect ; there was sharp skir- mishing until within two miles of Ridgefield , when , as the veteran was cheering on his men , who began to waver , a musket ...
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... passed on the 22d , and Albany , Ticonderoga , Fort Stanwix , and their de- pendencies , were thenceforward to be considered as form- ing the Northern department . The envoy of Gates , bear- ing the letter in which he had carved out a ...
... passed on the 22d , and Albany , Ticonderoga , Fort Stanwix , and their de- pendencies , were thenceforward to be considered as form- ing the Northern department . The envoy of Gates , bear- ing the letter in which he had carved out a ...
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... passed on your time and patience at this juncture so long , but that a former letter upon this subject I fear has mis- carried ; and whatever may be my future destination and course of life , I could not support the reflection of being ...
... passed on your time and patience at this juncture so long , but that a former letter upon this subject I fear has mis- carried ; and whatever may be my future destination and course of life , I could not support the reflection of being ...
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affairs aide-de-camp Albany American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack batteries battle boats brigade British Burgoyne camp campaign cannon Clair Colonel command commander-in-chief conduct Congress Conway Count D'Estaing Creek Delaware detachment division encamped endeavored enemy enemy's eral expedition fire flank fleet force Fort Edward Fort Mercer Fort Mifflin Fort Montgomery forts French garrison Gates give Governor Greene head-quarters Hessian Highlands Hill honor horse Hudson hundred Indians ington Island Jerseys Lafayette land letter Lord Stirling main body major-general marquis ment Mifflin miles military militia Mohawk River morning movement night Northern department officers parties Peekskill Philadelphia prisoners Putnam quarters rear received reconnoitering regiment reinforcements reply retreat river road Schuyler sent ships side Sir Henry Clinton Skenesborough soldiers soon spirit Stony Point Sullivan thousand Ticonderoga tion troops Tryon County Wash Washington Wayne whole Wilkinson woods wounded writes York
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Stran 388 - ... houses on the same account,) we have, by a field-return this day made, no less than two thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight men now in camp unfit for duty, because they are barefoot and otherwise naked.
Stran 264 - Wherever the King's forces point, militia, to the amount of three or four thousand, assemble in twenty-four hours; they bring with them their subsistence, etc., and, the alarm over, they return to their farms. The Hampshire Grants in particular, a country unpeopled and almost unknown in the last war, now abounds in the most active and most rebellious race of the continent, and hangs like a gathering storm upon my left.
Stran 157 - Could we be so happy as to cut one of them off, though it should not exceed four, five, or six hundred men, it would inspirit the people and do away much of their present anxiety. In such an event they would lose sight of past misfortunes, and urged at the same time by a regard for their own security, they would fly to arms and afford every aid in their power.
Stran 156 - Though our affairs for some days past have worn a dark and gloomy aspect, I yet look forward to a fortunate and happy change. I trust General Burgoyne's army will meet sooner or later an effectual check, and, as I suggested before, that the success he has had will precipitate his ruin.
Stran 396 - I conjure your Excellency to give me all the assistance you can, in tracing out the author of the infidelity, which put extracts from General Conway's letters to me into your hands. Those letters have been stealingly copied; but which of them, when, and by whom, is to me as yet an unfathomable secret.
Stran 439 - ... not condemn, your renunciation of the creed I had adopted. Nor do I think any person or power ought to do it, whilst your conduct is not opposed to the general interest of the people and the measures they are pursuing ; the latter, that is our actions, depending upon ourselves, may be controlled ; while the powers of thinking, originating in higher causes, cannot always be moulded to our wishes.
Stran 350 - At the same time, I cannot but regret that a matter of such magnitude, and so interesting to our general operations, should have reached me by report only, or through the channel of letters, not bearing that authenticity which the importance of it required, and which it would have received by a line under your signature, stating the simple fact.
Stran 230 - Upwards of one hundred men, women and children, have perished by the hands of the ruffians, to whom, it is asserted, you have paid the price of blood." Gates showed his letter to General Lincoln and Colonel Wilkinson, who demurred to its personality; but he evidently conceived it an achievement of the pen, and spurned their...
Stran 309 - I was ready to believe," writes Burgoyne " (for I had experience), that patience and fortitude, in a supreme degree, were to be found, as well as every other virtue, under the most tender forms, I was astonished at this proposal. After so long an agitation of spirits, exhausted not only for want of rest, but absolutely want of food, drenched in rains for twelve hours together, that a woman should be capable of such an undertaking as delivering herself to the enemy, probably in the night, and uncertain...
Stran 71 - I want to form a company for my guard. In doing this, I wish to be extremely cautious, because it is more than probable that, in the course of the campaign, my baggage, papers, and other matters of great public import, may be committed to the sole care of these men.