The Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Major-General in the Army of the United States During the Revolution: With Selections from His CorrespondenceNew Jersey Historical Society, 1847 - 272 páginas |
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Página 16 - DEAR SIR, — I had the pleasure of receiving your letter of the 23d of February, soon after the date of it.
Página 29 - A scorn of wrangling, yet a zeal for truth; A generous faith, from superstition free; A love to peace, and hate of tyranny; Such this man was; who now, from earth remov'd, At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd.
Página 163 - ... the creek near the Yellow Mills; and, in order to render this the more practicable, I found it absolutely necessary to attack a body of troops, commanded by Lord Cornwallis, posted at the house near the Upper Mills. This I instantly did, with about half of Smallwood's regiment, first ordering all the other troops to make the best of their way through the creek.
Página 72 - Shelburne seems to have been of a reserved and somewhat astute disposition: deep and adroit, he was however brave and firm. His knowledge was extensive and even profound. He was a great linguist; he pursued both literary and scientific investigations ; his house was frequented by men of letters, especially those distinguished by their political abilities or economical attainments. He maintained the most extensive private correspondence of any public man of his time. The earliest and most authentic...
Página 164 - October 25th, 1777:— I know it has been generally reported that I commanded on Long Island when the action happened there. This is by no means true. General Putnam had taken the command from me four days before the action.
Página 203 - Hook, with a trifling loss, and made upwards of one hundred and fifty prisoners. But the British commandant threw himself, with forty or fifty Hessians, into a strong redoubt, which it was thought unadvisable to attack, as it might endanger the retreat of the party. The alarm had already reached NewYork ; upon perceiving which, Major Lee determined not to hazard the loss of his detachment, and immediately brought off his troops and prisoners. The original plan contemplated his retreat across the...
Página 172 - But from contradictory intelligence as to the movements of the enemy, the latter part of the plan was not executed. The uncertainty produced by the conflicting accounts was at length removed, by which it was ascertained that the column led by Lord Cornwallis, accompanied by Sir William Howe in person, had, after a circuit of seventeen miles, crossed two branches of the Brandywine above the fork, and gained the heights within two miles of Sullivan's right flank ; that General advanced to meet him,...
Página 75 - ... clearing a large body of rich swamp lands in New Jersey, and fitting it for the cultivation of hemp — settling a good farm in the wilderness, and bringing to it some of the productions and improvements of Europe, that are my present employments. They have taken place of the pleasures of London, and I sometimes persuade myself that this is the happier life of the two. Yet there are some hours I could wish to have repeated, those in which I was honoured with your Lordship's conversation, which,...
Página 68 - ... that there was no opportunity of counteracting, or, indeed, doing one single thing that might put a stop to this shameful affair. I make no doubt but the people of New Jersey will make some remonstrance upon this indignity put upon them. You are full as well acquainted with the character and principles of this person as myself, and are as able to judge of the impropriety of such an appointment. What a dishonour and...
Página 72 - Shelburne, were soon in time matured by all the economical science of Europe, in which he was a proficient. Lord Shelburne seems to have been of a reserved and somewhat astute disposition: deep and adroit, he was however brave and firm.