Life and Times of Washington, Volumen3M.M. Belcher Publishing Company, 1903 - 2032 páginas |
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... Congress , at a distance from the center of action , was powerless to save . The time was come when he must save the country by his own wonderful de- cision of character . This is apparent from the following letter to Congress , dated ...
... Congress , at a distance from the center of action , was powerless to save . The time was come when he must save the country by his own wonderful de- cision of character . This is apparent from the following letter to Congress , dated ...
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... Congress disapprove of this proceeding they will please to signify it as I mean it for the best . It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures or to advise thus freely . A character to ...
... Congress disapprove of this proceeding they will please to signify it as I mean it for the best . It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures or to advise thus freely . A character to ...
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... Congress . " In acknowledging the resolves of Congress Washington assured that body that all his faculties should be employed to direct properly the powers they had been pleased to vest him with , to advance those objects , and those ...
... Congress . " In acknowledging the resolves of Congress Washington assured that body that all his faculties should be employed to direct properly the powers they had been pleased to vest him with , to advance those objects , and those ...
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... Congress were not completed they were made much stronger than was believed to be possible before this happy revolution in the aspect of public affairs . The firmness of Congress throughout the gloomy and trying period which intervened ...
... Congress were not completed they were made much stronger than was believed to be possible before this happy revolution in the aspect of public affairs . The firmness of Congress throughout the gloomy and trying period which intervened ...
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... Congress , which were readily accepted . General Howe affected to consider him as a deserter , and ordered him into close confinement . Washington had no prisoner of equal rank , but offered six Hessian field officers in exchange for ...
... Congress , which were readily accepted . General Howe affected to consider him as a deserter , and ordered him into close confinement . Washington had no prisoner of equal rank , but offered six Hessian field officers in exchange for ...
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American army appointed arms Arnold arrived artillery attack attempt baggage battle brigade British army Burgoyne camp campaign cavalry Charleston circumstances Colonel command Commander-in-Chief conduct Congress Conway Cabal corps Count D'Estaing D'Estaing defended Delaware detachment effect enemy engaged eral exertions expedition favorable fire flank fleet force formed Fort Edward Fort Mercer Fort Mifflin France French garrison Gates Greene ground honor hostile immediately Island Jersey joined killed Lafayette land letter Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon loss mand measures ment miles military militia morning night North North river occasion officers operations opinion party passed Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia prisoners proceeded provisions quarter rear received regiment reinforcements rendered retreat returned river road sailed Schuyler sent ships Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon South Carolina success suffered surrender Tarleton tion took town United vessels victory Virginia Wash Washington whole winter wounded York
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Página 1504 - Lawrence: comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotiu on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia. "ART. 3. It is agreed, that the people of the United...
Página 1483 - The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
Página 1504 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Página 1503 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut river, thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Página 1502 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, •South Carolina, and Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign and Independent States...
Página 1505 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war, and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property...
Página 1502 - America, to forget all past misunderstandings and differences that have unhappily interrupted the good correspondence and friendship which they mutually wish to restore; and to establish such a beneficial and satisfactory intercourse between the two countries, upon the ground of reciprocal advantages and mutual convenience, as may promote and secure to both perpetual peace and harmony...
Página 1472 - ... let me request you to rely on the plighted faith of your country, and place a full confidence in the purity of the intentions of Congress...
Página 1027 - States under their direction; to appoint one of their number to preside; provided that no person be .allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States...
Página 1299 - We have been half of our time without provisions, and are likely to continue so. We have no magazines, nor money to form them. We have lived upon expedients, until we can live no longer. In a word, the history of the war Is a history of false hopes and temporary devices, instead of system and economy.