Reminiscences of Gen'l Samuel B. Webb of the Revolutionary ArmyGlobe Stationery and Printing Company, 1880 - 402 pagine |
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... Honor to appoint me his first Aid - de - Camp ; since which , I have had the offer of being a Brigade Major from General Gates . They are both Honorable and agreeable Posts . I shall for the present , however , remain with Gen. Putnam ...
... Honor to appoint me his first Aid - de - Camp ; since which , I have had the offer of being a Brigade Major from General Gates . They are both Honorable and agreeable Posts . I shall for the present , however , remain with Gen. Putnam ...
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... honor to which human Nature can rise . have no Time to add save my Compliments to all Friends . I am wishing you the best protection . Cofid Yours & c . , Silas Deane to L't . S. B. Webb . S. DEANE . PHILADELPHIA , June 29th , 1775 ...
... honor to which human Nature can rise . have no Time to add save my Compliments to all Friends . I am wishing you the best protection . Cofid Yours & c . , Silas Deane to L't . S. B. Webb . S. DEANE . PHILADELPHIA , June 29th , 1775 ...
Pagina 34
... honored father , so long , is that I was waiting to find time to make an abstract of its most important particulars for ... honor to the noble hearts of men so zealous of even the smallest cour- tesies due the beloved commander of the ...
... honored father , so long , is that I was waiting to find time to make an abstract of its most important particulars for ... honor to the noble hearts of men so zealous of even the smallest cour- tesies due the beloved commander of the ...
Pagina 39
... honor for his being safely returned . The Aid - de - Camp said the Adjutant - Genel would meet us tomorrow forenoon . July 90 - At twelve o'clock we met the flag , took the Lieu- € d ] Roman 8d1 1 / Roman as 1 مه ' s N.YX ン N.Y ! 1776 ...
... honor for his being safely returned . The Aid - de - Camp said the Adjutant - Genel would meet us tomorrow forenoon . July 90 - At twelve o'clock we met the flag , took the Lieu- € d ] Roman 8d1 1 / Roman as 1 مه ' s N.YX ン N.Y ! 1776 ...
Pagina 42
... honor of a free country . PAROLE OGDEN . HEADQUARTERS , NEW YORK , July 10 , 1776 . COUNTERSIGN — PHILADELPHIA . General Heath's brigade , instead of repairing to their alarm posts to - morrow morning , to hold themselves in readiness ...
... honor of a free country . PAROLE OGDEN . HEADQUARTERS , NEW YORK , July 10 , 1776 . COUNTERSIGN — PHILADELPHIA . General Heath's brigade , instead of repairing to their alarm posts to - morrow morning , to hold themselves in readiness ...
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acquainted Adieu affectionate agreeable Aid-de-Camp American army arrived attend Barrell bearer believe Boston brother Bunker Hill Camp Capt Chester Claverack Colo Colonel Webb command compliments Congress Connecticut Connecticut Line Copud DEAR COLONEL Dear Sir DEAR SIR-I DEAR WEBB enemy esteem exchange expect father favor Feb'y Fishkill Folio forward Gen'l WEBB gentlemen give happy Hartford HEADQUARTERS hear Hetty honor hope horse humble serv't Huntington inform Jan'y John Joseph Joseph Barrell July June lady Laidley Lieut Livingston Long Island Major March Miss morning MORRISTOWN o'clock obd't obliged officers opportunity Parole PEEKSKILL person Philadelphia pleasure present prisoner Putnam received Reg't Regiment request respect S. B. WEBB SAM'L Samuel Samuel Webb SARAH SIMPSON sent Silas Deane sincerely Sister soon tell Thursday to-morrow town troops Tuesday Washington Webb's Wethersfield wish write wrote yesterday York
Brani popolari
Pagina 52 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt ? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor...
Pagina 399 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Pagina 53 - ... it may drive you from the field; that the wound, often irritated and never healed, may at length become incurable; and that the slightest mark of indignity from Congress...
Pagina 79 - France, on certain points, which, with his permission, you would mention, such as whether if the Colonies should be forced to form themselves into an independent state, France would probably acknowled[g]e them as such, receive their ambassadors, enter into any treaty or alliance with them, for commerce or defence, or both?
Pagina 52 - If this then be your treatment, while the swords you wear are necessary for the defence of America, what have you to expect from peace, when your voice shall sink, and your strength dissipate by division ; when those very swords, the instruments and companions of your glory, shall be taken from your sides, and no remaining mark of military distinction left but your wants, infirmities, and scars...
Pagina 38 - The general hopes," said he in his orders, " that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and soldier to act with fidelity and courage, as knowing that now the peace and safety of his country depend, under God, solely on the success of our arms ; and that he is now in the service of a state, possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit and advance him to the highest honors of a free country.
Pagina 52 - After a pursuit of seven long years, the object for which we set out is at length brought within our reach. Yes, my friends, that suffering courage of yours was active once ; it has conducted the United States of America through a doubtful and bloody war ; it has placed her in the chair of independency, and peace returns again to bless — whom?
Pagina 53 - But let it represent, also, that should they comply with the request of your late memorial, it would make you more happy and them more respectable ; that, while...
Pagina 53 - Change the milk-andwater style of your last memorial. Assume a bolder tone, decent but lively, spirited and determined, and suspect the man who would advise to more moderation and longer forbearance.
Pagina 39 - ... hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them.