 | William Spohn Baker - 1892 - 356 pages
...following paragraph. ' In a letter from General Conway to General Gates he says, " Heaven has been determined to save your country or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it." ' " — Washington to General Conway. This brief note is the earliest public record bearing on the... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - History - 1892 - 358 pages
...the following paragraph. 'In a letter from General Conwayto General Gates he says, " Heaven has been determined to save your country or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it." ' " — Washington to General Conway. This brief note is the earliest public record bearing on the... | |
 | Bradley Tyler Johnson - Generals - 1894 - 388 pages
...Washington did this in the simplest, most direct way. On November 9, 1777, he wrote Conway this note: " SIR : A letter which I received last night contained...bad counsellors would have ruined it."' " I am, sir, your obedient servant, "GEORGE WASHINGTON." Conway was overwhelmed. He was inspector general, with... | |
 | John Roy Musick - United States - 1894 - 512 pages
...the malice and hatred of some followed him to his grave. Conway wrote to Gates : " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it. " Colonel Joseph Reed wrote to Gates : " This army, notwithstanding the efforts of our amiable chief,... | |
 | Morton Luther Montgomery - Berks County (Pa.) - 1894 - 310 pages
...his aid-de-camp, Major Me Williams, that General Conway had written this to you : ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.' Lord Stirling — from motives of friendship — transmitted the account with this remark: ' The enclosed... | |
 | 1894 - 844 pages
...his aide de camp, Major McWilliams, that General Conway had written this to you : ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.' Lord Stirling, from motives of friendship, transmitted the account with this remark : ' The enclosed... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1895 - 550 pages
...the malice and hatred of some followed him to his grave. Conway wrote to Gates : " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." Colonel Joseph Reed wrote to Gates: " This army, notwithstanding the efforts of our amiable chief,... | |
 | Elizabeth Bryant Johnston - United States - 1895 - 270 pages
...NOVEMBER NINTH. 1777 General Stirlingsent Washington this paragraph from Con way's letter to Gates: " Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad councillors would have ruined it." He had received the same extract from the president of Congress,... | |
 | Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society - Pennsylvania - 1897 - 358 pages
...had been severely criticised by his opponents. Wrote the ambitious Conway to Gates: "Heaven has been determined to save your country or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." Wilkinson was fluent in praising the abilities of Gates, while Sullivan, the second in command, wrote... | |
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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. 
