 | John Church Hamilton - 1834 - 456 strani
...White Plains. I have had no * This gentleman died 9th September, 1780. Washington says of him,— " an officer of distinguished merit, who, as a citizen...soldier, had every claim to the esteem of his country." answer to my last applications. The enemy appear to have stripped New-York very bare. The people there,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 590 strani
...It is with extreme regret, that I announce the death of Brigadier-General Poor on the 9th instant, an officer of distinguished merit, who, as a citizen...soldier, had every claim to the esteem of his country, t I have the honor to be, &,c. * He did not in reality set out till Monday the 18th, having been delayed... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 580 strani
...It is with extreme regret, that I announce the death of Brigadier-General Poor on the 9th instant, an officer of distinguished merit, who, as a citizen...soldier, had every claim to the esteem of his country .f I have the honor to be, &,c. * He did not in reality set out till Monday the 18th, having been delayed... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 586 strani
...It is with extreme regret, that I announce the death of Brigadier-General Poor on the 9th instant, an officer of distinguished merit, who, as a citizen...soldier, had every claim to the esteem of his country .f I have the honor to be, &c. * He did not in reality set out till Monday the 18th, having been delayed... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1840 - 438 strani
...White Plains. I have had no * This gentleman died 9th September, 1780. Washington says of him,— " an officer of distinguished merit, who, as a citizen and a soldier, had every claim to the esteem of hia country." answer to my last applications. The enemy appear to have stripped New- York very bare.... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 586 strani
...It is with extreme regret, that I announce the death of Brigadier-General Poor on the 9th instant, an officer of distinguished merit, who, as a citizen...soldier, had every claim to the esteem of his country, f I have the honor to be, &c. * He did not in reality set out till Monday the 18th, having been delayed... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1848 - 394 strani
...illness, on the 8th of September, 1780. General Washington, in announcing the e'vent to Congress, says, he was " an officer of distinguished merit, who as...soldier had every claim to the esteem of his country." Congress ordered an extract from this letter to be published as a testimony of the high sense entertained... | |
 | George Washington - 1855 - 580 strani
...It is with extreme regret, that I announce the death of Brigadier-General Poor on the 9th instant, an officer of distinguished merit, who, as a citizen...and a soldier, had every claim to the esteem of his country.f I have the honor to be, &c. * He did not in reality set out till Monday the 18th, having... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1857 - 612 strani
...last applications. The ene* This gentleman died 9th September, 1780, Washington says of him, — " an officer of distinguished merit, who, as a citizen...soldier, had every claim to the esteem of his country." my appear to have stripped New York very bare. The people there, that is the tories, are in a great... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1857 - 610 strani
...my last applications. The ene* ThU gentleman died 9th September, 1780. Washington says of him, — " an officer of distinguished merit, who, as a citizen and a soldier, had every claim to the esteem of hiq country." my appear to have stripped New York very bare. The people there, that is the tories,... | |
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It is with extreme regret, that I announce the death of Brigadier-General Poor on the 9th instant, an officer of distinguished merit, who, as a citizen and a soldier, had every claim to the esteem of his country .f I have the honor to be, &c. 
