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" Sir, a letter which I received last night, contained the following paragraph : — " In a letter from General Conway to General Gates... "
Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the ... - Página 319
por John Frost - 1847 - 588 páginas
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Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volumen2

1847 - 312 páginas
...memorandum of the words from Conway's letter, as repeated to McWilliams by Wilkinson, as follows : " The enclosed was communicated by Colonel Wilkinson to Major McWilliams ; such wicked duplicity I shall always consider it my duty to detect." In consequence of this disclosure, and with no other...
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The Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Major-General in the Army ...

William Alexander Duer - 1847 - 312 páginas
...memorandum of the words from Conway's letter, as repeated to McWilliams by Wilkinson, as follows : " The enclosed was communicated by Colonel Wilkinson to Major McWilliams ; such wicked duplicity I shall always consider it my duty to detect." In consequence of this disclosure, and with Ho other...
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The Life of George Washington ....

Aaron Bancroft - 1848 - 472 páginas
...the following paragraph. " In a letter from 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 am, sir, &.c.' " Neither the letter, nor the information which occasioned it, was ever directly,...
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Lives of the Heroes of the American Revolution ... Also Embracing the ...

John Frost - 1848 - 424 páginas
...with General Gates on the subject, and in one of his letters he thus expresses himself: " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." He was himself at that time one of the counsellors against whom he so basely inveighs. Envy and malice...
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Washington and the Generals of the American Revolution ...

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1848 - 394 páginas
...Williams, an aid of Lord Stirling's, the well-known passage in the letter of Conway to Gates : " Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." McWilliams considered it his duty to communicate the affair to Lord Stirling, who in his turn felt...
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The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by ..., Volumen2

Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 páginas
...and respected his character, and loved him as a man." 1 One of Conway's expressions was, " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counselors would have ruined it." 2 Gates, in a letter to Washington, charged Wilkinson with deceit...
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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, Volumen45

1854 - 616 páginas
...As if in casual conversation, he remarked that Conway had written to Gates, saying — " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." This brought on a correspondence between different parties, and developed, at once, the feelings of...
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The Life of George Washington ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 464 páginas
...informed his Aid de camp, Major M Williams, that General Conway had written thus to you, ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad Counsellors would have ruined it." Lord Sterling, from motives of friendship, transmitted the account with this remark. ' The enclosed was...
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Works, Volumen9

Washington Irving - 1857 - 1194 páginas
...this to you : ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counselors would have ruined it' Lord Stirling, from motives...friendship, transmitted the account, with this remark, 'The inclosed was communicated by Colonel Wilkinson to Major McWilliams. Such wicked duplicity of conduct...
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pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American ...

George Washington - 1855 - 588 páginas
...contained the following paragraph, " In a letter from General Conway to General Gates he says, 6 Heaven has been determined to save your country,, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined iL35, I am. Sir, your humble servant.* TO HENRY LAURENS, PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS.f Camp, at Whitemarsh,...
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