 | William Jay - 1833 - 558 páginas
...' seniority, though perhaps! might have avoided it, if Fhad been -so ' disposed,. from his being in a command by the special appointment of Congress. ' My letter- to him on the occasion you wiU find in No.. 7• '" I believe 'you will think it was conceived in very candid and polite terms,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 578 páginas
...in seniority, though, perhaps I might have avoided it, if I had been so disposed, from his being in a command by the special appointment of Congress....was conceived in very candid and polite terms, and that it merited a different answer from the one given to it. I discovered very early in the war symptoms... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 572 páginas
...in seniority, though, perhaps I might have avoided it, if I had been so disposed, from his being in a command by the special appointment of Congress....was conceived in very candid and polite terms, and that it merited a different answer from the one given to it.* I discovered very early in the war symptoms... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1865 - 670 páginas
...in seniority, though, perhaps, I might have avoided it, if I had been so disposed, from his being in a command by the special appointment of Congress....was conceived in very candid and polite terms, and that it merited a different answer from the one given to it." — Letter of Washington to the President... | |
 | A. Tiffany Norton - 1879 - 222 páginas
...in seniority, though, perhaps, I might have avoided it, if I had been so disposed, from his being in a command by the special appointment of Congress....was conceived in very candid and polite terms, and that it merited a different answer from the one given to it." * * The answer of General Gates thus... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office, Frederick Cook - 1887 - 638 páginas
...second, if not of the first, importance of the campaign. The officer conducting it has a flattering prospect of acquiring more credit than can be expected...it." Washington had written to Gates on the 6th of M arch, who answered : " Last night I had the honor of your Excellency's letter. The man who undertakes... | |
 | John Jay - 1890 - 492 páginas
...in seniority, though perhaps I might have avoided it, if I had been so disposed, from his being in a command by the special appointment of Congress. My letter to him on the occasion you will find in No. 7. I believe you will think it was conceived in very candid and polite terms,... | |
 | George Washington - 1890 - 572 páginas
...command by the special appointment of Congress. My letter to him on the occasion, you will find in No. 7, I believe you will think was conceived in very candid and polite terms, and that it merited a different answer from the one given to it, 1 No. 8. I discovered very early in the... | |
 | Everett Titsworth Tomlinson - 1901 - 540 páginas
...that in his letter to Congress, Washington should have complained as he did of Gates's petty reply. " My letter to him on the occasion, I believe you will...merited a different answer from the one given to it." However, hardy General Sullivan was ready to undertake the difficult task, and, while a part of his... | |
 | New York State Historical Association, New York State Historical Association. Meeting - 1906 - 514 páginas
...of the letter he received from Gates, and in a communication to the President of Congress he said, " My letter to him on the occasion I believe you will...was conceived in very candid and polite terms, and merited a different answer from the one given to it." In his instructions to Sullivan Washington wrote... | |
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... continuing in the army, that I could not appoint him ; General Putnam I need not mention. I therefore made the offer of it, for the appointment could no longer be delayed, to General Gates, who was next in seniority, though, perhaps I might have avoided... 
