 | George Washington - 1855 - 568 páginas
...Morristown, 8 January, 1780. GENTLEMEN, The present situation of the army, with respect to provisions, is the most distressing of any we have experienced since the beginning of the war* For a fort-, night past the troops, both officers and men, have been almost perishing for want. They have... | |
 | 1859 - 886 páginas
...respect to provisions, is the most distress- ! gion of Morris, and even in Sussex, and many ing of anv we have experienced since the beginning of the war....alternately without bread or meat the whole time, with а тегу scanty allowance of either, and frequently destitute (if both. They have borne their sufferings... | |
 | E. Cecil - 1859 - 292 páginas
...experienced a like extremity at any period of the war"; and on the 8th of January, 1780, he adds : " For a fortnight past, the troops, both officers and men, have been almost perishing with want; yet they have borne their sufferings with a patience that merits the approbation, and ought... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 872 páginas
...commissariat was exhausted. "For a fortnight past," wrote Washington to the magistrates of New Jersey, " the troops, both officers and men, have been almost...allowance of either, and frequently destitute of both. Yet they have borne their sufferings with a patience that merits the approbation, and ought to excite... | |
 | Vermont Historical Society - 1871 - 560 páginas
...in the field any where. New Jersey: "The present situation of the army, with respect to provisions, is the most distressing of any we have experienced...officers and men, have been almost perishing for want." 2 1780 January 8, Washington wrote to the magistrates of To major-general Howe : a It is lamentable... | |
 | 1874 - 848 páginas
...present state of tlic army," he wrote, " with respect to provisions, is the most distressing of any ire have experienced since the beginning of the war. For...both officers and men, have been almost perishing from want. They have been alternately without bread or meat the whole time, with a very scanty allowance... | |
 | Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 páginas
...sometimes without meat, sometimes without bread, sometimes without both." On January 8th Washington wrote, "For a fortnight past the troops, both officers and men, have been almost perishing with want. Yet," he adds, feelingly, " they have borne their sufferings with a patience that merits... | |
 | 1871 - 432 páginas
...state of the Army, with respect to provisions, " is the most distressing of any we hav«experi"enced since the beginning of the War. For a " fortnight past, the troops, both officers and " men, have be«n almost perishing for want. " They have been alternately without bread or ' meat, the whole time,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1882 - 634 páginas
...reduction of Charlestown. 'The present situation of the army,' wrote Washington in January, 1780, ' is the most distressing of any we have experienced since the beginning of the war.' Shortly afterwards : ' What are we to expect if there should be another campaign ? In all probability... | |
 | George Washington - 1890 - 544 páginas
...MORRISTOWN, 8 January, 1780. GENTLEMEN, The present situation of the army, with respect to provisions, is the most distressing of any we have experienced...men, have been almost perishing for want. They have 1 Congress referred this subject back to General Washington, renewing at the same time the full powers... | |
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The present situation of the army with respect to provisions, is the most distressing of any we have experienced since the beginning of the war. For a fortnight past the troops, both officers and men, have been almost perishing for want. They have been... 
