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... hundred comrades from the barracks , and proceeded on the 2d of June with beat of drum and fixed bayonets to the State House , where Congress and the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania were in session . Placing sentinels at every ...
... hundred comrades from the barracks , and proceeded on the 2d of June with beat of drum and fixed bayonets to the State House , where Congress and the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania were in session . Placing sentinels at every ...
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... hundred men to quell the mutiny and punish the offenders ; at the same time , in a letter to the President of Congress , he expressed his indignation and distress at seeing a handful of men , " contemptible in numbers and equally so in ...
... hundred men to quell the mutiny and punish the offenders ; at the same time , in a letter to the President of Congress , he expressed his indignation and distress at seeing a handful of men , " contemptible in numbers and equally so in ...
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... lake and the Mohawk River . Washington returned to headquarters at Newburgh on the 5th of August , after a tour of at least seven hundred and fifty miles , per- Tour of Inspection 19 formed in nineteen days , and 18 Life of Washington.
... lake and the Mohawk River . Washington returned to headquarters at Newburgh on the 5th of August , after a tour of at least seven hundred and fifty miles , per- Tour of Inspection 19 formed in nineteen days , and 18 Life of Washington.
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... hundred pounds sterling ; in which were included moneys expended for secret in- telligence and service , and in various incidental charges . All this , it must be noted , was an account of money actually expended in the progress of the ...
... hundred pounds sterling ; in which were included moneys expended for secret in- telligence and service , and in various incidental charges . All this , it must be noted , was an account of money actually expended in the progress of the ...
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... hundred recruits picked up in London , resolv- ing to sell out of the army on the first oppor- tunity . By a series of cross - purposes he was prevented from doing so until 1779 , having in the interim made a campaign in Georgia . " He ...
... hundred recruits picked up in London , resolv- ing to sell out of the army on the first oppor- tunity . By a series of cross - purposes he was prevented from doing so until 1779 , having in the interim made a campaign in Georgia . " He ...
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Página 34 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Página 28 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Página 35 - Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world ; having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and...
Página 25 - ... and his prayers to the God of armies. May ample justice be done them here, and may the choicest of Heaven's favors, both here and hereafter, attend those who, under the Divine auspices, have secured innumerable blessings for others. With these wishes, and this benediction, the commander-in-chief is about to retire from service. The curtain of separation will soon be drawn, and the military scene to him will be closed for ever.
Página 112 - As for myself, the delay may be compared to a reprieve; for in confidence, I tell you, (with the world it would obtain little credit) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution...
Página 91 - Retired as I am from the world, I frankly acknowledge I cannot feel myself an unconcerned spectator. Yet, having happily assisted in bringing the ship into port, and having been fairly discharged, it is not my business to embark again on a sea of troubles.
Página 13 - ... this may be 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.
Página 90 - We must take human nature as we find it: perfection falls not to the share of mortals.
Página 92 - ... Their creed is, that the property of the United States has been protected from the confiscation of Britain by the joint exertions of all, and therefore ought to be the common property of all, and he that attempts opposition to this creed, is an enemy to equity and justice, and ought to be swept from off the face of the earth.
Página 14 - There are four things which I humbly conceive are essential to the -well-being, I may even venture to say to the existence, of the United States as an independent power. First. An indissoluble union of the States under one federal head.