 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1860 - 872 pages
...like Conway, Washington simply informed him, by the following note, that his treachery was known : — "SiR: A letter which I received last night contained...bad counsellors would have ruined it.'" " I am, sir, your humble servant, "GEORGE WASHINGTON." This note conveyed a terrible rebuke. Had a blazing bombshell... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1860 - 558 pages
...in casual conversation, he remarked that Conway had written to Gates, saying — " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." This brought on a correspondence between different parties, and developed, at once, the feelings of... | |
 | HON. J. Y. HEADLEY - 1860 - 502 pages
...in casual conversation, he remarked that Conway had written to Gates, saying- — " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." This brought on a correspondence between different parties, and .developed, at once, the feelings of... | |
 | Mrs. E. Burrows - 1861 - 408 pages
...our own Duke of Wellington : — "'Sir/ wrote Washington, 'I received last night a letter containing the following paragraph, "In a letter from General...counsellors would have ruined it.' " " ' I am, Sir, " ' Obediently yours, " ' GEORGE WASHINGTON.' " " Oh aunt," said Charles, laughing, " what a delicious... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 509 pages
...was detected. " SIR — A letter which I received last night contained the following paragraph — l In a letter from General Conway to General Gates,...bad counsellors would have ruined it" ' " I am, sir, your humble servant, " GEORGE WASHINGTON." The brevity of this note rendered it the more astounding.... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 504 pages
...France, appears to have taken a prominent part in these plots. It was he who wrote to Gates : — " Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak...general and bad counsellors would have ruined it!" — which passage, coming to the knowledge of Washington, was by him sent back to Conway without further... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 480 pages
...of Prance, appears to have taken a prominent part in these plots. It was he who wrote to Gates:—" Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it!"—which passage, coming to the knowledge of Washington, was by him sent back to Conway without... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 610 pages
...fortunes. He wrote him, mingling censures of Washington with adulations to himself: " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." This marked passage had been seen by Wilkinson, adjutant-general of Gates, and by him, while on his... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 516 pages
...of France, appears to have taken a prominent part in these plots. It was he who wrote to Gates:—" Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad connsellors wonld have rnined it I"—which passage, coming to the knowledge of Washington, was by... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 516 pages
...LETTER. 281 following brief note, dated November 9th, that his correspondence was detected. " SIE — A letter which I received last night contained the...counsellors would have ruined it." ' " I am, sir, your humble servant, " GEORGE WASHINGTON." The brevity of this note rendered it the more astounding.... | |
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Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the following paragraph : ' In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, Heaven has determined to save your country ; or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it. 
