Reprint of the Original Letters from Washington to Joseph Reed, During the American Revolution: Referred to in the Pamphlets of Lord Mahon and Mr. SparksA. Hart, late Carey and Hart, 1852 - 155 pages |
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... in order to show , as a mere matter of literary curiosity , how far they differ . The letters in question were part of a private correspondence , the most friendly and unreserved . Hence , in my opinion , their value . Their 5.
... in order to show , as a mere matter of literary curiosity , how far they differ . The letters in question were part of a private correspondence , the most friendly and unreserved . Hence , in my opinion , their value . Their 5.
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... opinion , their value . Their true interest depends on being the exact transcript of what the writers thought and wrote . It was the hearty , familiar letter - writing of two friends , between whom there had grown up , in the daily and ...
... opinion , their value . Their true interest depends on being the exact transcript of what the writers thought and wrote . It was the hearty , familiar letter - writing of two friends , between whom there had grown up , in the daily and ...
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... opinion . The Congress already know , from the general estimate given in ( for a month ) what sum it will take to supply this army ; and that little less than 275,000 dollars will answer the purpose . Pray impress this upon the members ...
... opinion . The Congress already know , from the general estimate given in ( for a month ) what sum it will take to supply this army ; and that little less than 275,000 dollars will answer the purpose . Pray impress this upon the members ...
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... opinion , is tantamount , ceremonious civility , to the Gen- tlemen of this Colony ; but if such my conduct appears , I will endeavour at a reformation , as I can assure you , my dear Reed , that I wish to walk in such a line as will ...
... opinion , is tantamount , ceremonious civility , to the Gen- tlemen of this Colony ; but if such my conduct appears , I will endeavour at a reformation , as I can assure you , my dear Reed , that I wish to walk in such a line as will ...
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... opinion of others must do this , because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults , or remove " prejudices which are imbibed against him ; for this reason , I shall thank you for giving me the opinions of the world upon such points ...
... opinion of others must do this , because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults , or remove " prejudices which are imbibed against him ; for this reason , I shall thank you for giving me the opinions of the world upon such points ...
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Page 110 - State, a few only excepted, and that the assembly is so well disposed to second your endeavors in bringing those murderers of our cause, the monopolizers, forestallers and engrossers, to condign punishment. It is much to be lamented that each State, long ere this, has not hunted them down as pests to society, and the greatest enemies we have to the happiness of America.
Page 137 - Indeed I have almost ceased to hope. The country in general is in such a state of insensibility, and indifference to its interests, that I dare not flatter myself with any change for the better.
Page 144 - I wish the legislature could be engaged to vest the executive with plenipotentiary powers. I should then expect every thing practicable from your abilities and zeal. This is not a time for formality or ceremony. The crisis in every point of view is extraordinary, and extraordinary expedients are necessary. I am decided in this opinion.
Page 63 - Inlistments ; for notwithstanding all the publick virtue which is ascrib'd to these people, there is no nation under the sun, (that I ever came across) pay greater adoration to money than they do...
Page 138 - In all probability the advantage will be on the side of the English. And then what would become of America? We ought not to deceive ourselves. The maritime resources of Great Britain are more substantial and real, than those of France and Spain united. Her commerce is more extensive, than that of both her rivals ; and it is an axiom, that the nation which has the most extensive commerce will always have the most powerful marine. Were this argument less convincing, the fact speaks for itself.
Page 98 - I have done all other letters to you from the same place, and Peekskill, upon the business of your office, as I conceived, and found them to be. This, as it is the truth, must be my excuse for seeing the contents of a letter which neither inclination nor intention would have prompted me to,
Page 110 - He published a long article in the newspapers relative to the trial and to the affair at Monmouth, calculated to injure Washington. "I have neither the leisure nor inclination," observes the latter, "to enter the lists with him in a newspaper; and so far as his production points to personality, I can and do from my inmost soul despise it. ... It became a part of General Lee's plan, from the moment of his arrest, though it was an event solicited by himself, to have the world believe that he was a...
Page 62 - 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 44 - The reflection upon my situation, and that of this army, produces many an uneasy 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.
Page 66 - I be amused by unmeaning propositions; but in open, undisguised, and manly terms proclaim our wrongs, and our resolution to be redressed. I would tell them, that we had borne much, that we had long and ardently sought for reconciliation upon honorable terms, that it had been denied us, that all our attempts after peace had proved abortive, and had been grossly misrepresented, that we had done...