...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, your humble servant. " GEORGE WASHINGTON." 1 That Gates had long been estranged from him...

...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 a:" " I am Sir, your humble servant. " GEORGE WASHINGTON." 1 That Gates had long been estranged from...

...contained 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, your humble servant, "GEORGE WASHINGTON." This letter produced a general explosion. The...

...Conway's promotion. Conway breathed out his discontent to Gates, writing in substance : " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." The correspondents of Gates did not scruple in their letters to speak of the commander-in-chief with...

...Conway's promotion. Conway breathed out his discontent to Gates, writing in substance : " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." The correspondents of Gates did not scruple in their letters to speak of the commander in chief with...

...informed him, not in confidence, that General Couway had written to Gates as follows : " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." Washington then adds that this circumstance had not been communicated to any officer in the army except...

...Irish descent, eager for higher rank; Washington's opinion of him; writes to Gates, that " Heaven is determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it;" his injurious words about Washington communicated to him by Washington himself; he justifies them,...

...exploded, rupturing the opposition to Washington. Conway wrote the following to Gates: "Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it." Washington enclosed those words to Conway, informing him he understood they formed a portion of a letter...

...hopes of success in his undertaking. Conway himself wrote to Gates, saying in substance : " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." Colonel Joseph Reed wrote to him: "This army, notwithstanding the efforts of our amiable chief, has,...

...Conway's promotion. Conway breathed out his discontent to Gates, writing in substance: " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." The correspondents of Gates did not scruple in their letters to speak of the commander in chief with...