The Writings of George Washington, Volum 9G.P. Putnam' Sons, 1891 |
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... Excellency's Letter of the 3d . Inst . , I beg leave to observe that it has been my wish from the begin- ning of the contest to the present day , that no dis- tinction should exist with respect to them ; that the whole should be ...
... Excellency's Letter of the 3d . Inst . , I beg leave to observe that it has been my wish from the begin- ning of the contest to the present day , that no dis- tinction should exist with respect to them ; that the whole should be ...
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... Excellency's favors of the 10th and 14th Instants - The advance of the British army towards the borders of North Carolina is an alarming circumstance , more especially as there is every reason to believe , that the force which lately ...
... Excellency's favors of the 10th and 14th Instants - The advance of the British army towards the borders of North Carolina is an alarming circumstance , more especially as there is every reason to believe , that the force which lately ...
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... Excellency's favor of 1st and am happy to find that my appointment of Major - General Greene to the command of the South- ern Army meets the approbation of Congress . * * * By letters from Governor Clinton I find , that the enemy have ...
... Excellency's favor of 1st and am happy to find that my appointment of Major - General Greene to the command of the South- ern Army meets the approbation of Congress . * * * By letters from Governor Clinton I find , that the enemy have ...
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... Excellency's favors of the 22d , 25th , and 26th ulto . We have already had reports , that the enemy left Portsmouth ... Excellency will be pleased , upon the arrival of the vessel in James River , to give directions for her to proceed ...
... Excellency's favors of the 22d , 25th , and 26th ulto . We have already had reports , that the enemy left Portsmouth ... Excellency will be pleased , upon the arrival of the vessel in James River , to give directions for her to proceed ...
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... Excellency's favors of the 14th , 16th , 24th , 27th November and 1st of this month . In apology for suffering so many of your let- ters to remain so long unanswered , I must assure you , that I have been constantly employed , since I ...
... Excellency's favors of the 14th , 16th , 24th , 27th November and 1st of this month . In apology for suffering so many of your let- ters to remain so long unanswered , I must assure you , that I have been constantly employed , since I ...
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Side 212 - January last are verified every moment; and, if France delays a timely and powerful aid in the critical posture of our affairs, it will avail us nothing, should she attempt it hereafter. We are at this hour suspended in the balance ; not from choice, but from hard and absolute necessity ; and you may rely on it as a fact, that we cannot transport the provisions from the States in which they are assessed to the army, because we cannot pay the teamsters, who will no longer work for certificates.
Side 212 - ... be assured, my dear Laurens, day does not follow night more certainly, than it brings with it some additional proof of the impracticability of carrying on the war, without the aids you were directed to solicit. As an honest and candid man, as a man whose all depends on the final and happy termination of the present contest, I assert this, while I give it decisively as my opinion, that, without a foreign loan, our present force, which is but the remnant of an army, cannot be kept together this...
Side 192 - We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought experience.
Side 382 - ... measures to be ready for an early and decisive campaign the next year. My greatest fear is, that Congress, viewing this stroke in too important a point of light, may think our work too nearly closed, and will fall into a state of languor and relaxation. To prevent this error, I shall employ every means in my power, and if, unhappily, we sink into that fatal mistake, no part of the blame shall be mine.
Side 277 - Were it possible for this circumstance to justify in your Excellency a determination to lend us your personal aid, it is evident from the universal voice, that the presence of their beloved countryman, whose talents have so long been successfully employed in establishing the freedom of kindred states, to whose person, they have still flattered themselves they retained some right, and have ever looked up, as their dernier resort in distress, would restore full confidence of salvation to our citizens,...
Side 348 - Of many contingencies," writes he, "we will hope for the most propitious events. Should the retreat of Lord Cornwallis by water be cut off by the arrival of either of the French fleets, I am persuaded you will do all in your power to prevent his escape by land. May that great felicity be reserved for you.
Side 237 - States to provide these things for their troops respectively ; instead of having a regular system of transportation established upon credit, or funds in the quartermaster's hands to defray the contingent expenses of it, we have neither the one nor the other, and all that business, or a great part of it, being done by military impress...
Side 245 - Philadelphia, and served in the flying camp in 1776. In August of the same year he joined my family, and has been in every action in which the main army was concerned. He has been a zealous servant and slave to the public, and a faithful assistant to me for near five years, great part of which time he refused to receive pay. Honor and gratitude interest me in his favor, and make me solicitous to obtain his commission.
Side 237 - I can see of ever getting more than half; in a word, instead of having everything in readiness to take the field, we have nothing ; and, instead of having the prospect of a glorious offensive campaign before us, we have a bewildered and gloomy defensive one, unless we should receive a powerful aid of ships, land troops, and money from our generous allies...
Side 105 - That the patience of the army, from an almost uninterrupted series of complicated distress, is now nearly exhausted, and their discontents matured to an extremity, which has recently had very disagreeable consequences, and which demonstrates the absolute necessity of speedy relief, a relief not within the compass of our means.