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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... parties . Justice to Lord Mahon obliges me to show exactly how this difficulty began . He has himself , in the handsomest man- ner , withdrawn one of the charges he made , and is entitled to the testimony these documents afford to the ...
... parties . Justice to Lord Mahon obliges me to show exactly how this difficulty began . He has himself , in the handsomest man- ner , withdrawn one of the charges he made , and is entitled to the testimony these documents afford to the ...
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... party , ( dis- tant from the dry land on this side near four hundred yards , ) had retreated , or were about to imbark ; all the shot therefore that pass'd were at a great dis- tance ; however , the men went to and over the Causey ...
... party , ( dis- tant from the dry land on this side near four hundred yards , ) had retreated , or were about to imbark ; all the shot therefore that pass'd were at a great dis- tance ; however , the men went to and over the Causey ...
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... party came off at day without having met with . any interruption ; the weather favour'd our operations , the earth being clear of frost ; not3 an officer in the army but looks for an attack . This has no effect upon the Connecticut re ...
... party came off at day without having met with . any interruption ; the weather favour'd our operations , the earth being clear of frost ; not3 an officer in the army but looks for an attack . This has no effect upon the Connecticut re ...
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... near Bunker's Hill ; a party un- der Majr Knowlton crossed upon the mill - damn ( the night being dark ) , and set fire to and burnt down Eight out of 14 which 134 S. " among . " were standing , and which we found they were daily 45.
... near Bunker's Hill ; a party un- der Majr Knowlton crossed upon the mill - damn ( the night being dark ) , and set fire to and burnt down Eight out of 14 which 134 S. " among . " were standing , and which we found they were daily 45.
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... party to Bun- ker's Hill181 had some good and some bad men engaged in it . One or two Courts have been held on the conduct of part of 189it : -to be plain , these people 183 among friends - are not to be depended upon , if exposed ; and ...
... party to Bun- ker's Hill181 had some good and some bad men engaged in it . One or two Courts have been held on the conduct of part of 189it : -to be plain , these people 183 among friends - are not to be depended upon , if exposed ; and ...
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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...