Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783William Spohn Baker J.B. Lippincott, 1892 - 334 páginas |
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... Peekskill , ) will devolve upon you . " - Washington to General Lee . Washington left White Plains at eleven o'clock on the morning of No- vember 10 , and arrived at Peekskill , the entrance to the Highlands , at sunset . MONDAY ...
... Peekskill , ) will devolve upon you . " - Washington to General Lee . Washington left White Plains at eleven o'clock on the morning of No- vember 10 , and arrived at Peekskill , the entrance to the Highlands , at sunset . MONDAY ...
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... Peekskill : Reconnoitres the eastern side of the Hud- son , from Peekskill to the mountains , with General Heath , and about ten o'clock in the morning crosses the river at King's Ferry , into the Jerseys . THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 14 . At ...
... Peekskill : Reconnoitres the eastern side of the Hud- son , from Peekskill to the mountains , with General Heath , and about ten o'clock in the morning crosses the river at King's Ferry , into the Jerseys . THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 14 . At ...
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... Peeks- kill to Danbury for safe keeping were destroyed . THURSDAY , MAY 8 . At Morristown : Orderly Book .- " As few vices are at- tended with more pernicious consequences in civil life ; so there are none more fatal in a military one ...
... Peeks- kill to Danbury for safe keeping were destroyed . THURSDAY , MAY 8 . At Morristown : Orderly Book .- " As few vices are at- tended with more pernicious consequences in civil life ; so there are none more fatal in a military one ...
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... Peekskill and Ticonderoga . THURSDAY , MAY 29 . At Middlebrook , New Jersey : Establishes head - quarters , where he remains ( except as noted ) until July 3 . Middlebrook , Somerset County , New Jersey , is on the Raritan River ...
... Peekskill and Ticonderoga . THURSDAY , MAY 29 . At Middlebrook , New Jersey : Establishes head - quarters , where he remains ( except as noted ) until July 3 . Middlebrook , Somerset County , New Jersey , is on the Raritan River ...
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... Peeks Kill , or the Eastern States , and will be near enough to oppose any design upon Philadelphia . General Sullivan is further advanced towards Peeks Kill . " - Wash- ington to Governor Trumbull . " I am yet perplexed to find out the ...
... Peeks Kill , or the Eastern States , and will be near enough to oppose any design upon Philadelphia . General Sullivan is further advanced towards Peeks Kill . " - Wash- ington to Governor Trumbull . " I am yet perplexed to find out the ...
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Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783 William Spohn Baker Visualização integral - 1892 |
Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783 William Spohn Baker Visualização integral - 1892 |
Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783 William Spohn Baker Visualização integral - 1892 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
answers an address appointed April arrived artillery attack attended August Boston brigades British Cambridge camp cannon Clinton Colonel Commander in Chief Commander-in-Chief Continental council Count de Rochambeau DECEMBER Delaware detachment encamped enemy enemy's eral evacuation Excellency General Washington fleet FRIDAY head-quarters Henry Laurens Hill honor hundred ington JANUARY Jersey Joseph Reed July June JUNE 18 King's Ferry Kingsbridge Knox land letter Lord Cornwallis Major-General Marquis de Lafayette Memoirs Middlebrook miles Military Journal militia MONDAY morning Morris Morristown Newburgh Newport night North River NOVEMBER o'clock OCTOBER officers Orderly Book Orderly Book.-"The Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia Phillipsburg Preakness present President of Congress quarters Receives and answers regiments Rhode Island Rochambeau SATURDAY Schuyler Schuylkill SEPTEMBER soldiers Staten Island SUNDAY Tavern thousand THURSDAY to-morrow town Trenton troops TUESDAY Valley Forge Verplanck's Point Virginia Wash Washington's Journal WEDNESDAY West Point Windsor yesterday York
Passagens conhecidas
Página 321 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Página 104 - Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the following paragraph. "In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
Página 315 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Página 112 - I can assure those gentlemen that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside than to occupy a cold, bleak hill and sleep under frost and snow without clothes or blankets.
Página 32 - Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Página 263 - With a mixture of great surprise and astonishment I have read with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my perusal. Be assured, sir, no occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army as you have expressed, and I must view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity.
Página 59 - Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude...
Página 3 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny, that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.
Página 321 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Página 2 - I can now inform you that the Congress have made choice of the modest and virtuous, the amiable, generous, and brave George Washington, Esquire, to be General of the American army, and that he is to repair, as soon as possible, to the camp before Boston. This appointment will have a great effect in cementing and securing the union of these colonies.