 | William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...AMERICA. 247 great man, congress came to the resolution, " That they would maintain and assist him and adhere to him with their lives and fortunes in the cause of American liberty." His instructions were general, entreating him " to make it his special care, in discharge of the great... | |
 | John Burk - Slavery - 1805 - 490 pages
...maintenance and preservation of American liberty, and a solemn declaration was unanimously entered into, that they would maintain, assist and adhere to him with their lives and fortunes. The commander in chief, after a short rtelay at New- York, where several important •Derations were... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Great Britain - 1807 - 556 pages
...left it to the generosity of his country afterwards to appreciate the debt it might have incurred, — a conduct which drew from congress an immediate resolution,...modestly expressed a distrust of his talents, and of the narrow experience he had yet had in military affairs, requesting the utmost indulgence of his constituents,... | |
 | John Corry - 1809 - 262 pages
...same time they resolved unanimously, in a full meeting, " That they would maintain and assist him, and adhere to him with their lives and fortunes, in the cause of American liberty." In their instructions, they authorized him " to order and dispose of the army under his command as... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - United States - 1817 - 344 pages
...same time, they resolved unanimously, in a full meeting, "That they would maintain and assist him, and adhere to him with their lives and fortunes, in the cause of American liberty." In their instructions, they authorised him " to"'order and dispose of the army under his command as... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1824 - 434 pages
...presenting it, congress unanimously adopted this resolution : " that they would maintain and assist him, and adhere to him with their lives and fortunes in the cause of American liberty." Following the appointment of General Washington, was the appointment of four Major-Generals, Artemas... | |
 | William Jones - 1825 - 452 pages
...remuneration at this arduous crisis of his country's fate, he left it to his fellow-citizens afterwards to appreciate the value of his services, — a conduct...camps that had been formed throughout the country, and was every-where received with joyous acclamations. Ward, Putnam, Schuyler, Montgomery, Lee, and Gates,... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 388 pages
...same time, they resolved unanimously, in a full meeting, " That they would maintain and assist him, and adhere to him with their lives and fortunes, in the cause of American liberty." In their instructions they authorised him " to order and dispose of the army under his command as might... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...commission of General Washington, and joining in an unanimous resolution that they would "maintain, and assist, and adhere to him, with their lives and fortunes in the cause." During the session of '75 and '6, a period of the most awful responsibility, and when the paroxism... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1827 - 328 pages
...presenting it, congress unanimously adopted this resolution : " that they would maintain and assist him, and adhere to him with their lives and fortunes in the cause of American liberty." • Following the appointment of General Washington, was the appointment of four Major-Generals, Artemas... | |
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American forces ; on presenting it, congress unanimously adopted this resolution : " that they would maintain and assist him, and adhere to him with their lives and fortunes in the cause of American liberty. 
