 I have since received two despatches from him written with a pencil. The last is alarming, because he desires I should be ready at a moment's warning, to enter my carriage and leave the city; that the enemy seemed stronger than had at first been reported,...  Strength and Honor: The Life of Dolley Madison - Page 4by Richard N. Côté - 2005 - 444 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | 1852 - 636 pages
...private. I have since received two digi>atehcs from him, written in pencil ; the last is alarming : he desires I should be ready, at a moment's warning,...stronger than had been reported, and that it might happen they would reach the city and destroy it. I am, accordingly, ready. I have pressed as many cabinet... | |
 | James Herring, James Barton Longacre - 1854 - 458 pages
...have since received two despatches from him, written with a pencil ; the last is alarming, because ho desires I should be ready at a moment's warning to...might happen that they would reach the city, with intcntion to destroy it. ******! am accordingly ready ; I have pressed as many cabinet papers into... | |
 | 1855 - 310 pages
...care of myself, and of the cabinet papers, public and private. I have since received two dispatches from him, written with a pencil — the last is alarming,...-warning to enter my carriage and leave the city, stating that the enemy seemed stronger than had been reported, and that it might happen that they would... | |
 | Jacob Barker - 1855 - 314 pages
...papers, public and private, have since received two dispatches from him, written with a pencil—the last is alarming, because he desires I should be ready...moment's warning to enter my carriage and leave the city, stating that the enemy seemed stronger than had been reported, and that it might happen that they would... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1867 - 502 pages
...care of myself and of the cabinet papers, public and private. I have since received two dispatches from him, written with a pencil. The last is alarming,...reported, and that it might happen that they would reai'h the city with intention to destroy it. * * * * I am accordingly ready. I have pressed as many... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1868 - 536 pages
...have since received two dispatches from him, written with a pencil. The last is alarming, because ho desires I should be ready at a moment's warning to enter my carnage and leave the city; that the enemy seemed stronger than had been reported, and that it might... | |
 | Dolley Madison - 1886 - 230 pages
...succeeding day, and on my assurance that I had no fear but for him, and the success of our army, he left, beseeching me to take care of myself, and of the Cabinet...the city ; that the enemy seemed stronger than had at first been reported, and it might happen that they would reach the city with the intention of destroying... | |
 | Lydia Hoyt Farmer - 1893 - 612 pages
...receivad two dispatches from him written with a pencil. The last alarming, because he desires that I should be ready at a moment's warning to enter my...the city; that the enemy seemed stronger than had at first been reported, and it might happen that they would reach the city with the intention of destroying... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902 - 410 pages
...with a pencil. The last is alarming, because he desires that I should be ready at a moment's notice to enter my carriage and leave the city ; that the enemy seemed stronger than had at first been reported, and it might happen that they would reach the city with the intention of destroying... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, Annie Bliss Chapman - 1903 - 408 pages
...with a pencil. The last is alarming, because he desires that I should be ready at a moment's notice to enter my carriage and leave the city ; that the enemy seemed stronger than had at first been reported, and it might happen that they would reach the city with the intention of destroying... | |
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