Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed: Military Secretary of Washington, at Cambridge, Adjutant-general of the Continental Army, Member of the Congress of the United States, and President of the Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania, Volume 1Lindsay and Blakiston, 1847 - United States |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page vii
... things which the sober exercise of judgment on testimony , often conflicting , does not authorize . Recent as are the events of the Revolution , they are , as the thorough student well knows , often perplexed and confused , and it is ...
... things which the sober exercise of judgment on testimony , often conflicting , does not authorize . Recent as are the events of the Revolution , they are , as the thorough student well knows , often perplexed and confused , and it is ...
Page 35
... thing but their just deserts . ' Tis not a little surprising to us here , that orders should be sent from the Crown ... things were known through the Frontier inhabitants , and are since proved upon oath . This occasioned them to be cut ...
... thing but their just deserts . ' Tis not a little surprising to us here , that orders should be sent from the Crown ... things were known through the Frontier inhabitants , and are since proved upon oath . This occasioned them to be cut ...
Page 36
... thing about our late election , which was really a hard fought one , and managed with more decency and good manners than wou'd have been expected from such irritated partisans as appeared as the champions on each side . The most active ...
... thing about our late election , which was really a hard fought one , and managed with more decency and good manners than wou'd have been expected from such irritated partisans as appeared as the champions on each side . The most active ...
Page 40
... thing , he visited Boston in the summer of 1769 , in company with John Dickinson . On arriving there they found every thing in the greatest confusion . The letters of Bernard had just been published , and the public temper seemed to be ...
... thing , he visited Boston in the summer of 1769 , in company with John Dickinson . On arriving there they found every thing in the greatest confusion . The letters of Bernard had just been published , and the public temper seemed to be ...
Page 47
... thing that in my opinion could have enabled me to be of any service , * with- out the offer of any other method of removing my difficulties , I thought it best to withdraw myself from expectations which it would not be in my power to ...
... thing that in my opinion could have enabled me to be of any service , * with- out the offer of any other method of removing my difficulties , I thought it best to withdraw myself from expectations which it would not be in my power to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adjutant-General advance affairs America appears appointed army arrived Arthur Lee Assembly attack attempt believe Berdt body Boston Britain British British army Cadwalader camp Colonel Reed Colonies command Commander-in-chief Commissioners conduct Congress correspondence council DEAR SIR declaration doubt duty endeavour enemy enemy's England expected express favour fear Fort Washington friends gentlemen George Johnstone give Governor Johnstone happy Hessians honour hope Howe's immediately inhabitants intelligence interest Jersey Joseph Reed letter liberty Long Island Lord Cornwallis Lord Dartmouth Lord George Germain lordship measures ment Mifflin military militia morning Mother Country night obliged occasion officers opinion Parliament party Pennsylvania person Philadelphia present Province quarters received Red Bank Reed's regiments resolution respect retreat river Schuylkill sent sentiments ships soon Sparks's spirit Staten Island thing tion town Trenton troops whole wish wrote yesterday York
Popular passages
Page 159 - I know the unhappy predicament I stand in ; I know that much is expected of me ; I know that, without men, without arms, without ammunition, without any thing fit for the accommodation of a soldier, little is to be done ; and, what is mortifying, I know that I cannot stand justified to the world without exposing my own weakness, and injuring the cause, by declaring my wants ; which I am determined not to do, further than unavoidable necessity brings every man acquainted with them.
Page 260 - I only wait myself for this business of Rogers and company being over. I shall then fly to you; for, to confess a truth, I really think our chief will do better with me than without me.
Page 146 - The reflection on my situation and that of this army, produces many an unhappy hour, when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in on a thousand accounts ; fewer still will believe, if any disaster happens to these lines, from what cause it flows. I have often thought how much happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting the command, under such circumstances, I had taken my musket on my shoulder and entered the ranks ; or, if I could have justified the...
Page 132 - 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 215 - If we should be obliged to abandon the town, ought it to stand as winter quarters for the enemy ? They would derive great conveniences from it, on the one hand, and much property would be destroyed on the other.
Page 116 - I stoop to retort and invective ; but the intelligence you say you have received from our army requires a reply. I have taken time, sir, to make a strict inquiry, and find it has not the least foundation in truth. Not only your officers and soldiers have been treated with the tenderness due to fellowcitizens and brethren, but even those execrable parricides, whose counsels and aid have deluged their country with blood, have been protected from the fury of a justly enraged people.
Page 136 - I cannot charge myself with incivility, or, what in my opinion is tantamount, ceremonious civility, to the gentlemen of this colony; but if such my conduct appears, I will endeavor at a reformation, as I can assure you, my dear Reed, that I wish to walk in such a line as will give most general satisfaction. You know, that it was my wish at first to invite a certain number...
Page 144 - ... for, as I have but one capital object in view, I could wish to make my conduct coincide with the wishes of mankind, as far as I can consistently ; I mean, without departing from that great line of duty, which, though hid under a cloud for some time, from a peculiarity of circumstances, may nevertheless bear a scrutiny.
Page 390 - General is said to have answered, " that he was not worth purchasing, but, such as he was, the King of Great Britain was not rich enough to do it.
Page 142 - The speech I send you. A volume of them was sent out by the Boston gentry ; and, farcical enough, we gave great joy to them, without knowing or intending it ; for, on that day, the day which gave being to the new army, but before the proclamation came to hand, we had hoisted the Union flag in compliment to the United Colonies. But behold ! it was received in Boston as a token of the deep impression the speech had made upon...