 That the enemy mean to winter in New York, there can be no doubt; that, with such an armament, they can drive us out, is equally clear. The Congress having resolved, that it should not be destroyed, nothing seems to remain, but to determine the time of...  The Writings of George Washington - Page 397by George Washington - 1889Full view - About this book
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 532 pages
...enemy mean to winter in New York, there can be no doubt; that they can drive us out, is equally clear ; nothing seems to remain, but to determine the time of their taking possession." CHAP. New York a moment longer than he should think V_-Y^ it proper for the public service." 1g7**... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 520 pages
...enemy mean to winter in New York, there can be no doubt; that they can drive us out, is equally clear; nothing seems to remain, but to determine the time of their taking possession." Congress received with coldness this remonstrance 10. of Washington ; but it was unanswerable, and... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1866 - 524 pages
...enemy mean to winter in New York, there can be no doubt; that they can drive us out, is equally clear; nothing seems to remain, but to determine the time of their taking possession." CHAT. New York a moment longer than he should think it proper for the public service." On the eleventh,... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT. - 1875 - 518 pages
...enemy mean to winter in New York, there can be no doubt; that they can drive us out, is equally clear; nothing seems to remain, but to determine the time of their taking possession." CHAP. New York a moment longer than he should think vi. . it proper for the public service." On the... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 650 pages
...enemy mean to winter in New York, there can be no doubt ; that they can drive us out is equally clear ; nothing seems to remain but to determine the time of their taking possession." m6. Congress received with coldness this remonstrance Sept. 10. o£ Washington ; but it was unanswerable,... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1878 - 648 pages
...enemy mean to winter in New York, there can be no doubt ; that they can drive us out is equally clear ; nothing seems to remain but to determine the time of their taking possession." 1776. Congress received with coldness this remonstrance Sept. 10. o£ Washington ; but it was unanswerable,... | |
 | Thomas Jones - American loyalists - 1879 - 854 pages
...182-3. The italics, not in the original, are merely given for the easier guidance of the reader's eye. resolved that it should not be destroyed, nothing...to determine the time of their taking possession." ' When this letter was read in Congress, on the loth, that body at once " Resolved, that the President... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 618 pages
...war, if possible. The enemy mean to winter in New York ; that they can drive us out is equally clear ; nothing seems to remain but to determine the time of their taking possession." Congress received this remonstrance with coldness ; but it was unanswerable, and they resolved, on... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 620 pages
...war, if possible. The enemy mean to winter in New York ; that they can drive us out is equally clear ; nothing seems to remain but to determine the time of their taking possession." Congress received this remonstrance with coldness ; but it was unanswerable, and they resolved, on... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - United States - 1903 - 384 pages
...New York there can be no doubt. That, with such an armament, they can drive us out is equally clear. The Congress having resolved that it should not be...provided the delay does not affect our future measures." That is an extract from a letter of Washington to the President of Congress, dated as late as the eighth... | |
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