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... person who had not rendered the cause the least service , and who had been his inferior in France . He claimed , therefore , for himself , the rank of major - general , and was supported in his pretensions by persons both in and out of ...
... person who had not rendered the cause the least service , and who had been his inferior in France . He claimed , therefore , for himself , the rank of major - general , and was supported in his pretensions by persons both in and out of ...
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... persons chosen for this impor- tant office was Conway , with the rank , too , of major - general ! This was tacitly in defiance of the opinion so fully expressed by Washing- ton of the demerits of the man , and the ruinous effects to be ...
... persons chosen for this impor- tant office was Conway , with the rank , too , of major - general ! This was tacitly in defiance of the opinion so fully expressed by Washing- ton of the demerits of the man , and the ruinous effects to be ...
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... persons were blamed , but with impartiality , and I am convinced he did not aim at lessening , in my opinion , the merit of any person . His letter was perfectly harmless ; however , now that various reports have been circulated ...
... persons were blamed , but with impartiality , and I am convinced he did not aim at lessening , in my opinion , the merit of any person . His letter was perfectly harmless ; however , now that various reports have been circulated ...
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... persons should be known . To facilitate the discovery , I wrote to your Excellency ; but , unable to learn whether General Conway's let- ter had been transmitted to you by a member Conway's Explanatory Letter 73 of Congress , or a ...
... persons should be known . To facilitate the discovery , I wrote to your Excellency ; but , unable to learn whether General Conway's let- ter had been transmitted to you by a member Conway's Explanatory Letter 73 of Congress , or a ...
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... person who I thought had stolen a copy of the obnoxious letter . Was it not probable that the secrets of the army might be obtained and betrayed through the same means to the enemy ? For this reason , sir , not doubting that Congress ...
... person who I thought had stolen a copy of the obnoxious letter . Was it not probable that the secrets of the army might be obtained and betrayed through the same means to the enemy ? For this reason , sir , not doubting that Congress ...
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Página 51 - I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside, than to occupy a cold, bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets.
Página 50 - We find gentlemen, without knowing whether the army was really going into winter-quarters or not (for I am sure no resolution of mine would warrant the Remonstrance), reprobating the measure as much as if they thought the soldiers were made of stocks or stones, and equally insensible of frost and snow...
Página 150 - I am not worth purchasing ; but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Página 60 - Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
Página 6 - At the same time, I cannot but regret that a matter of such magnitude, and so interesting to our general operations, should have reached me by report only ; or through the channel of letters not bearing that authenticity which the importance of it required, and which it would have received by a line under your signature stating the simple fact.
Página 189 - I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in any church or churchyard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or Anabaptist meetinghouse, for since I have resided in this country I have kept so much bad company when living, that I do not choose to continue it when dead.
Página 50 - General, and, at the same time, as a further proof of the inability of an army under the circumstances of this, to perform the common duties of soldiers (besides a number of men confined to hospitals for want of shoes, and others in farmers' houses on the same account) we have, by a field return this day made, no less than two thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight men, now in camp, unfit for duty, because they are barefoot, and otherwise naked.
Página 108 - The general's apartment is very small," writes she to a friend; "he has had a log cabin built to dine in, which has made our quarters much more tolerable than they were at first.
Página 244 - After reiterating their grievances, " we are sorry," added they, " that you should imagine we meant to disobey orders. It was and is still our determination to march with our regiment, and to do the duty of officers until the Legislature shall have a reasonable time to appoint others, but no longer. We beg leave to assure your Excellency, that we have the highest sense of your ability and virtues ; that executing your orders has ever given us pleasure ; that we love the service, and love our country...
Página 178 - I must conclude that nothing but the misinformation of some very stupid, or misrepresentation of some very wicked person, could have occasioned your making use of so very singular expressions as you did on my coming up to the ground where you had taken post. They implied that I was guilty either of disobedience of orders, want of conduct, or want of courage.