The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts, Volume 8Ferdinand Andrews, 1839 |
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Pagina 34
... river would be stripped of their negroes and movable property . I am very happy to find , that desertion had ceased , and content had taken place , in the detachment you command . Before this letter can reach you , you must have taken ...
... river would be stripped of their negroes and movable property . I am very happy to find , that desertion had ceased , and content had taken place , in the detachment you command . Before this letter can reach you , you must have taken ...
Pagina 43
... River , that their independence might be immediately ac- knowledged , and they made useful to the common cause ; but the gov- ernor put a stop to the business , ' as the affair was referred to the decision of Congress . ' I sincerely ...
... River , that their independence might be immediately ac- knowledged , and they made useful to the common cause ; but the gov- ernor put a stop to the business , ' as the affair was referred to the decision of Congress . ' I sincerely ...
Pagina 47
... River , and began to repair Fort Lee . They were recalled , however , as soon as Colonel Scammell's de- tachment marched into that quarter , and the works were abandoned . meeting at Weathersfield , on Monday next , for which PART II ...
... River , and began to repair Fort Lee . They were recalled , however , as soon as Colonel Scammell's de- tachment marched into that quarter , and the works were abandoned . meeting at Weathersfield , on Monday next , for which PART II ...
Pagina 48
... River , by about sixty horse and two hundred foot under the command of Colonel Delancey . Colonel Greene , who commanded our party , was mor- tally wounded in his quarters . The enemy attempted to carry him off , but he died upon the ...
... River , by about sixty horse and two hundred foot under the command of Colonel Delancey . Colonel Greene , who commanded our party , was mor- tally wounded in his quarters . The enemy attempted to carry him off , but he died upon the ...
Pagina 49
... River , and of the destination of the King's squadron now in the harbour of Newport , if circum- stances will admit of the respective movements . I should be wanting in respect and confidence , were I not to add that our object is New ...
... River , and of the destination of the King's squadron now in the harbour of Newport , if circum- stances will admit of the respective movements . I should be wanting in respect and confidence , were I not to add that our object is New ...
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Pagina 504 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence, — a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task ; which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union, and the patronage of heaven.
Pagina 441 - Government, — the free cultivation of Letters, — the unbounded extension of Commerce, — the progressive refinement of Manners — the growing liberality of sentiment, and above all the pure and benign light of Revelation, have had a meliorating influence on Mankind and increased the blessings of Society...
Pagina 557 - Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto been spent in honor? If you can — go; and carry with you the jest of Tories and the scorn of Whigs — the ridicule, and, what is worse, the pity of the world. Go — starve and be forgotten.
Pagina 562 - 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 Military powers of the Continent?
Pagina 505 - THE successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations, and my gratitude for the interposition of providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest.
Pagina 563 - ... the gratification of every wish so far as may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my country, and those powers we are bound to respect, you may freely command my services to the utmost extent of my abilities.
Pagina 446 - The ability of the country to discharge the debts which have been incurred in its defence, is not to be doubted. An inclination, I flatter myself, will not be wanting; the path of our duty is plain before us ; honesty will be found, on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy. Let us, then, as a nation, be just ; let us fulfil the public contracts which Congress had undoubtedly a right to make for the purpose of carrying on the war, with the same good faith we suppose ourselves bound...
Pagina 442 - ... the ill-fated moment for relaxing the powers of the Union, annihilating the cement of the confederation, and exposing us to become the sport of European politics, which may play one State against another, to prevent their growing importance, and to serve their own interested purposes.
Pagina 555 - Age has its claims, and rank is not without its pretensions to advice ; but, though unsupported by both, he flatters himself, that the plain language of sincerity and experience will neither be unheard nor unregarded. " Like many of you he loved private life, and left it with regret. He left it, determined to retire from the field with the necessity that called him to it, and not till then ; not till the enemies of his country, the slaves of power, and the hirelings of injustice were compelled to...
Pagina 504 - This is the last letter I shall write, while I continue in the service of my country. The hour of my resignation is fixed at twelve to-day; after which I shall become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac...