The Life and Times of Philip Schuyler, Količina 2Sheldon, 1873 |
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affairs affembly Albany Americans appointed army Arnold arrived artillery attack Autograph Letter batteaux battle Brant British Burgoyne Burgoyne's camp Canada canal cannon Carleton cause Colonel command Commissioners committee conduct Congress Continental convention council Council of Appointment Crown Point declared delegates directed duty election enemy England faid fenate fhall force Fort Anne Fort Edward Fort George Fort Montgomery Fort Schuyler friends ftate fuch garrison Gates gave George German Flatts give Governor Clinton gress Hamilton honor hope Hudson River hundred immediately Indians informed July Lake Champlain Legislature Livingston mand ment miles military militia Mohawk Mount Independence movement Northern Department officers party patriot Philadelphia Poughkeepsie President Quebec received regiment reinforcements resolution retreat Riedesel ſaid Saratoga savages Schuy Schuyler wrote Senate sent ſhall Six Nations Skenesborough soon Stark ſtate thousand Ticonderoga tion Tories troops Tryon County Washington York
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Stran 427 - My God ! what can this writer have in view by recommending such measures ? Can he be a friend to the army ? Can he be a friend to this country ? Rather, is he not an insidious foe ; some emissary, perhaps, from New York, plotting the ruin of both, by sowing the seeds of discord and separation between the civil and p 2 military powers of the continent...
Stran 261 - I have three thousand dollars in hard money; I will pledge my plate for three thousand more; I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which shall be sold for the most it will bring. These are at the service of the State. If we succeed in defending our firesides and homes, I may be remunerated; if we do not, the property will be of no value to me.
Stran 440 - That the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, in conformity of the resolves of the convention, made and provided in that case...
Stran 311 - The commander-in-chief of the northern department," said he, " may, if he please, neglect to ask or disdain to receive advice ; but those who know him will, I am sure, be convinced that he wants it.
Stran 384 - He did more: he sent an aide-de-camp to conduct me to Albany, in order, as he expressed it, to procure me better quarters than a stranger might be able to find. This gentleman conducted me to a very elegant house, and, to my great surprise, presented me to Mrs. Schuyler and her family; and in...
Stran 237 - This conduct will certainly give room for enterprise on our part, and expose his parties to great hazard. Could we be so happy as to cut one of them off, supposing it should not exceed four, five, or six hundred men, it would inspirit the people, and do away much of their present anxiety.
Stran 393 - Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can possibly do. A peace on other terms would, if I may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from the British nation were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten.
Stran 198 - The further patience of your father would, in his eyes, become culpable ; it therefore remains for me, the general of one of his majesty's armies, and 'in this council his. representative, to release you from those bonds which your obedience imposed. Warriors ! you are free ; go forth in might of your valor and your cause ; strike at the common enemies of Great Britain and America, disturbers of public order, peace, and happiness, destroyers of commerce, parricides of the state.
Stran 276 - If, notwithstanding these endeavors, and sincere inclination, to effect them, the frenzy of hostility should remain, I trust I shall stand acquitted in the eyes of God and man in denouncing and executing the vengeance of the state against the wilful outcasts.
Stran 199 - I positively forbid bloodshed, when you are not opposed in arras. Aged men, women, children, and prisoners must be held sacred from the knife and the hatchet, even in the time of actual conflict. You shall receive compensation for the prisoners you take, but you shall be called to account for scalps.