This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...rough drafts on the subject, one of which I exhibited to Colonels Magaw, Miles and Atlee, and they said that they would consider the matter. Soon after I called on them, and some of the gentlemen informed me that they had written to the General on the subject, and I concluded that the gentlemen thought it best that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...rough drafts on the subject, one of which I exhibited to Colonels Magaw, Miles and Atlee, and they said that they would consider the matter. Soon after I called on them, and some of the gentlemen informed me that they had written to the General on the subject, and I concluded that the gentlemen thought it best that they should write without me, as there was such spirited aversion subsisting between the British and me. In the meantime a Colonel Hussecker, who claimed to belong to the Continental army, was taken prisoner, and brought to New York. He reported that the country was almost universally submitting to British authority, and that there would be little or no more opposition to Great Britain. This at first gave the enemy no small amount of surprise, but in a few days they recovered from the shock; Colonel Hussecker, being a German, was permitted to dine with General De Heister, a countryman of his serving in the British army, and from his conduct they thought he was a spy, at least he was considered so by most of the officers, and his actions were closely watched. At this time our little army was retreating across New Jersey, while our men were being murdered by hundreds in New York. The army of British and Hessian hirelings prevailed for a little while, as though it was ordered by Providence to show to the latest posterity what the British would have done if they could, and what the general result would have been in consequence of their success in conquering the Americans. This only excited every man to exert himself all the more in the defence of liberty, for the establishment of the independency of the United States of America now seemed no longer impossible. In the face of these obstacles and scenes of adverse fortune Washington remained immovable ...
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