The Writings of George Washington, Volume 3G.P. Putnam' Sons, 1889 - Presidents |
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America ammunition appear appointed armed vessels arrived artillery attention Boston Brigadier Bunker's Hill CAMP AT CAMBRIDGE Canada Captain cause Colonel Arnold colony commission committee Committee of Safety companies conduct Connecticut Continental army Continental Congress continue council DEAR SIR December defence detachment duty enclosed enemy engaged England enlisted expect expedition Falmouth favor force Gage gentlemen give Governor Trumbull Hampshire hands honorable Congress hope hundred immediately Indians informed instant January Kennebec River letter liberty Lord Lord Dartmouth Lord Dunmore Massachusetts ment militia ministerial Montgomery Montreal Nantasket Road necessary necessity November October opinion persons Philadelphia present PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS proper province Quebec raised reason received recommend Reed regiments resolved respect Rhode Island Roxbury schooner Schuyler sent ships situation soldiers soon supply taken thousand tion town troops ultimo Washington wish wrote York
Popular passages
Page 404 - 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 293 - His strength will increase as a snowball by rolling, and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince the slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs.
Page 238 - Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another, in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again.
Page 235 - I am sorry to be necessitated to mention to you the egregious want of public spirit which reigns here. Instead of pressing to be engaged in the cause of their country, which I vainly flattered myself would be the case, I find we are likely to be deserted in a most critical time. Those that have enlisted must have a furlough, which I have been obliged to grant to fifty at a time, from each regiment.
Page 97 - As we have now nearly completed our lines of defence, we have nothing more, in my opinion, to fear from the enemy, provided we can keep our men to their duty, and make them watchful and vigilant ; but it is among the most difficult tasks I ever undertook in my life to induce these people to believe that there is or can be danger, till the bayonet is pushed at their breasts...
Page 228 - Let the hospitality of the house, with respect to the poor, be kept up. Let no one go hungry away. If any of this kind of people should be in want of corn, supply their necessities, provided it does not encourage them in idleness...
Page 435 - Involved in sorrows and the veil of night! The goddess comes, she moves divinely fair, Olive and laurel binds her golden hair: Wherever shines this native of the skies, Unnumber'd charms and recent graces rise. Muse!
Page 63 - Our Situation in the Article of Powder is much more alarming than I had the most distant Idea of.
Page 405 - 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 498 - By all accounts there never existed a more miserable set of beings than these wretched creatures now are. Taught to believe that the power of Great Britain was superior to all opposition, and that foreign aid, if not, was at hand, they were even higher and more insulting in their opposition than the Regulars.