 Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the following paragraph: ' in a letter from general Conway to general Gates he says, Heaven has determined to save your country; or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.  George Washington: An Historical Biography - Page 181by Horace Elisha Scudder - 1914 - 253 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...that I was not unapprised of his intriguing disposition, I wrote him a letter in these words. " Sir, a letter which I received last night, contained the...General Conway to General Gates, he says,- ' heaven has been determined to save your country ; or a weak General and bad Counsellors would have ruined it ;... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...that I was not unapprised of his intriguing disposition, I wrote him a letter in these words. " Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the...General Conway to General Gates, he says, ' Heaven has been determined to eave your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it; I... | |
 | Henry Lee - Southern States - 1812 - 444 pages
...that I was not unapprised of his intriguing disposition, I wrote him a letter in these words: " Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the...determined to save your country; or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.' I am sir, &c." Neither the letter nor the information which occasioned... | |
 | Literature - 1823 - 120 pages
...active and malignant partisan." ' ' The offensive passage in Conway's letter to Gates, was this — Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad Counsellors wauldhave ruinedit. . . . We are in possession of various communications, to prove, that... | |
 | 1832 - 564 pages
...that I was not unapprised of his intriguing disposition, I wrote him a letter in these words. "Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the...General Conway to General Gates, he says, heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it. I... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 600 pages
...was not unapprized of his intriguing disposition, I wrote to him a letter in these words ; " ' Sir ; A letter, which I received last night, contained the...General Conway to General Gates he says, ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.'... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 590 pages
...from General Heath. I have the honor to be, &c. TO BRIGADIER-GENERAL CONWAY. 9 November, 1777. SIR, A letter, which I received last night, contained the...General Conway to General Gates he says, ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.'"... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 594 pages
...was not unapprized of his intriguing disposition, I wrote to him a letter in these words ; " ' Sir ; A letter, which I received last night, contained the...General Conway to General Gates he says, ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a iccak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.'... | |
 | John Marshall - Presidents - 1836 - 534 pages
...that I was not unapprised of his intriguing disposition, I wrote him a letter in these words. " Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the...General Conway to General Gates, he says, heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it. I... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 588 pages
...was not unapprized of his intriguing disposition, I wrote to him a letter in these words; " ' Sir; A letter, which I received last night, contained the...General Conway to General Gates he says, ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.'... | |
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