 | George Washington - 1837 - 644 pages
...Washington wrote to General Greene; "If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the stores and men at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 658 pages
...Washington wrote to General Greene; "If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the stores and men at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 654 pages
...Washington wrote to General Greene ; " If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...post, from which the expected benefit cannot be had 1 1 am therefore inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the stores and men at Mount... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 666 pages
...Washington wrote to General Greene ; " If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the stores and men at Mount Washington : but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 632 pages
...Washington wrote to General Greene ; " If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the stores and men at Mount Washington : but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 588 pages
...the disposition, which has been made. If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...a post, from which the expected benefit cannot be hadl I am therefore inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - 1846 - 534 pages
...power, and all the assistance you can, to that garrison.' In a letter to General GREENE, dated 3th November, 1776, General WASHINGTON writes, * If we...had ? I am, therefore, inclined to think, that it wilt not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Fort Washington; but, as you arc on the spot, I... | |
 | Thaddeus Allen - 1847 - 574 pages
...the disposition, which has been made. If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders, as to evacuating... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...defence of Forts Washington and Lee, " If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you, to give such orders respecting the... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1848 - 472 pages
...again wrote to Nov. 8. General Green, " If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable purpose can it answer to a*tempt to hold a post, from which the expected benefit cannot be derived ? I am, therefore, inclined... | |
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If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable purpose can it answer to attempt to hold a post, from which the expected benefit cannot be had? I am therefore inclined to think, that... 
