I am therefore inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders, as to evacuating Mount Washington, as you may judge best, and so far revoking... The American Revolution - Página 4por George Otto Trevelyan - 1904Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society - 1909 - 354 páginas
...attempt to hold a post from which the expected benefit cannot be had ? I am, therefore, inclined to think it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Mount Washington, but as you are on the spot leave it to you to give such orders as to evacuating Mount Washington as you judge best, and so far... | |
| Elroy McKendree Avery - 1909 - 648 páginas
...eighth, Washington wrote to General Greene who was in command of both forts that he did not think it " prudent to hazard the Men and Stores at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, leave it to you to give such orders, as to evacuating Mount Washington, as you may judge best." While... | |
| Elisha Benjamin Andrews - 1909 - 632 páginas
...eighth, Washington wrote to General Greene who was in command of both forts that he did not think it "prudent to hazard the Men and Stores at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, leave it to you to give such orders, as to evacuating Mount Washington, as you may judge best." While... | |
| Francis Vinton Greene - 1911 - 488 páginas
...immediately wrote to Greene,5 expressing such doubts, NOv. a and saying: "I am therefore inclined to think that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and...stores at Mount Washington; but as you are on the spot, leave it to you 1 Sparks, IV, 163. • Ibid., IV, 159. • Amer. Archives, 5, III, 556. 4 Ibid., 5,... | |
| Francis Vinton Greene - 1911 - 472 páginas
...immediately wrote to Greene,5 expressing such doubts, NOV. s and saying: "I am therefore inclined to think that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and...stores at Mount Washington; but as you are on the spot, leave it to you 1 Sparks, IV, 163. ' Ibid., IV, 159. • Amer. Archives, 5, III, 556. 4 Ibid., 5, III,... | |
| John Marshall - 1926 - 578 páginas
...to hold a post from which the expected benefit can not be derived? I am therefore inclined to think it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores...on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders respecting the evacuation of the place, as you may think most adviseable; and so far revoke the orders... | |
| Rupert Hughes - 1927 - 746 páginas
...reinforcements that he wrote to the several States for aid. He wrote to Greene that he was "inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the Men and...at Mount Washington; but, as you are on the spot, leave it to you to give such orders, ... as you may judge best, and so far revoking the order given... | |
| Jonathan Rawson - 1927 - 448 páginas
...think it will be prudent to hazard the men and stores there. "But as you are on the spot," he says, "I leave it to you to give such orders as to evacuating Mount Washington as you judge best." General Greene takes this to mean that the final decision rests with himself. In that... | |
| George Washington - 1932 - 668 páginas
...the Washington Papers. "In the writing of Robert Hanson Harrison. I am therefore inclined to think it will not be prudent to hazard the men and Stores at Mount Washington, but as you are on the Spot, leave it to you to give such Orders as to evacuating Mount Washington as you Judge best and so far... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - 1932 - 220 páginas
...could cooperate with either Heath or Putnam. He wrote to General Greene, "I am . . . inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the Men and...at Mount Washington; but, as you are on the spot, WHITE PLAINS ENGAGEMENT (1776) At the northern end of Manhattan Island, the ascent of the Hudson was... | |
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