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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... respecting your continuance in my family ; in other words , your wish that I could dispense with it , gives me pain . You already , my dear sir , knew my sentiments on this matter ; you cannot but be sen- sible of your importance to me ...
... respecting your continuance in my family ; in other words , your wish that I could dispense with it , gives me pain . You already , my dear sir , knew my sentiments on this matter ; you cannot but be sen- sible of your importance to me ...
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... respecting the punctilio , hinted at by you , could come to some decision of Congress . I have done nothing yet in respect to the proposed exchange of prisoners , nor shall I now 49 until I hear from them , 46 S. " the army . " 47 S ...
... respecting the punctilio , hinted at by you , could come to some decision of Congress . I have done nothing yet in respect to the proposed exchange of prisoners , nor shall I now 49 until I hear from them , 46 S. " the army . " 47 S ...
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... respecting the arm'd vessels of this Province , and those fitted out by the Continent . 54 S. " to hazard . " 55 S. Passage in Italics omitted . 56 S. Postscript omitted . no doubt as this capture was made in sight of 23.
... respecting the arm'd vessels of this Province , and those fitted out by the Continent . 54 S. " to hazard . " 55 S. Passage in Italics omitted . 56 S. Postscript omitted . no doubt as this capture was made in sight of 23.
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... respects to Mrs. Reed and any other friends . Be assured I am , dear sir , yr affecte G0 WASHINGTON . 59 S. " hath " omitted , and printed by me " having . ” 60 S. " disaffection of the soldiers to the service . " 61 S. " at . " 62 S ...
... respects to Mrs. Reed and any other friends . Be assured I am , dear sir , yr affecte G0 WASHINGTON . 59 S. " hath " omitted , and printed by me " having . ” 60 S. " disaffection of the soldiers to the service . " 61 S. " at . " 62 S ...
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... respecting the jealousies which you say are gone abroad . I have studiously avoided , in all letters intended for the ... respect to private let- ters , further than appears abso- lutely necessary for the illucida- tion of facts . I ...
... respecting the jealousies which you say are gone abroad . I have studiously avoided , in all letters intended for the ... respect to private let- ters , further than appears abso- lutely necessary for the illucida- tion of facts . I ...
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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...