George Washington, Volume 1Goupil, 1900 - Presidents |
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... order of the " Cincinnati , " worn by George Washington as first President , and now owned by the Hon . Asa Bird Gardiner , President of the Society , District Attorney for New York . BRONZE MEDAL , in honor of General Lafayette , from ...
... order of the " Cincinnati , " worn by George Washington as first President , and now owned by the Hon . Asa Bird Gardiner , President of the Society , District Attorney for New York . BRONZE MEDAL , in honor of General Lafayette , from ...
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... " Legge had had so general a reputation of integrity and fidelity to his master that he never fell under the least imputation or reproach with any man . He was a very punctual and steady observer of the orders he received , but Family 9.
... " Legge had had so general a reputation of integrity and fidelity to his master that he never fell under the least imputation or reproach with any man . He was a very punctual and steady observer of the orders he received , but Family 9.
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Worthington Chauncey Ford. and steady observer of the orders he received , but no contriver of them , and though he had in truth a better judgment and understanding than either of the other two ( Ashburnham and Berkeley ) his modesty and ...
Worthington Chauncey Ford. and steady observer of the orders he received , but no contriver of them , and though he had in truth a better judgment and understanding than either of the other two ( Ashburnham and Berkeley ) his modesty and ...
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... order of Parliament , as a “ ma- lignant royalist . " A mere charge without evidence would not have worked this change , and in White's . First Century of Scandalous Malignant Priests the full weight of his evil - doing was recorded ...
... order of Parliament , as a “ ma- lignant royalist . " A mere charge without evidence would not have worked this change , and in White's . First Century of Scandalous Malignant Priests the full weight of his evil - doing was recorded ...
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... ordered to be hung . Upon reaching America Washington laid the matter before the authorities of Maryland , and caused him to be arrested on a suspicion of felony . As the trial was to be held in Maryland , the witnesses must be brought ...
... ordered to be hung . Upon reaching America Washington laid the matter before the authorities of Maryland , and caused him to be arrested on a suspicion of felony . As the trial was to be held in Maryland , the witnesses must be brought ...
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Page 44 - There was no way for getting over but on a raft which we set about with but one poor hatchet and finished just after sunsetting. This was a whole day's work, we next got it launched then went on board of it and set off.
Page 76 - Honored Madam: If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered upon such terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it...
Page 164 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it...
Page 286 - We find gentlemen, without knowing whether the army was really going into winter quarters or not (for I am sure no resolution of mine could 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...
Page 244 - You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties, and less means to extricate himself from them. However, under a full persuasion .of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea, that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud.
Page 51 - I fortunately escaped without any wound; for the right wing, where I stood, was exposed to, and received, all the enemy's fire ; and it was the part where the man was killed and the rest wounded. I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound" This rodomontade, as Horace Walpole terms it reached the ears of George II.
Page 184 - Such a dearth of public spirit and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another in this great change of military arrangement I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again.
Page 162 - I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust.
Page 243 - The ingenious manoeuvre of Fort Washington has unhinged the goodly fabric we had been building. There never was so damned a stroke. Entre nous, a certain great man is most damnably deficient. He has thrown me into a situation where I have my choice of difficulties : if I stay in this province, I risk myself and army ; and if I do not stay, the province is lost forever.
Page 140 - I can never look upon that proclamation in any other light (but this I say between ourselves), than as a temporary expedient to quiet the minds of the Indians.