 | Jared Sparks - 1853 - 752 sider
...dollars a month should be allowed for the pay and expenses of the general. On this point he said, " I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary...accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domest'c ease and nappiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1853 - 466 sider
...utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. I beg leave, Sir, to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept thia arduous employment, at the expense of my domestick ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any... | |
 | United States. President - 1854 - 616 sider
...declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. " As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress,...from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses; those I doubt not they will discharge, and that is all I desire." In a letter to his wife, announcing... | |
 | William Hickey - 1854 - 588 sider
...day, declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. "As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress,...from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." Resolved, That a committee be appointed... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 714 sider
...declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. " As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress,...from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses ; those I doubt not they will discharge, and that is all I desire." In a letter to his wife, announcing... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1855 - 638 sider
...dollars a month should be allowed for the pay and expenses of the general. On this point he said ; " I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary...from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge ; and that is all I desire." In a letter to his wife on this... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 566 sider
...with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. As to pay, I beg leave to assure the Congress that, as no pecuniary...ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit of it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 464 sider
...myself equal to the command I am honoured with. I beg leave, Sir, to assure the Congress, that, as nq pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestick ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 422 sider
...declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. " As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress,...from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge ; and that is all I desire." His commission was made out a... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1856 - 514 sider
...declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the congress,...wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact ac count of my disbursements ; those, I doubt not, they will discharge. and that is all I desire."... | |
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As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an... 
