 | Henry Lee - History - 1827 - 484 pages
...receiving your lordship's letter of this date. An ardent desire to save the effusion of human blond will readily incline me to listen to such terms, for the surrender of your poitt and garrisons at York and Gloucester, as are admissible. I with, previous to the meeting of the... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 744 pages
...date. An ardent desire to save the effusion of blood will readily incline me to listen to вис!» terms for the surrender of your posts and garrisons...the commissioners, that your lordship's proposals may be sent to the American lines, for which purpose a suspension of hostilities during two hours from... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 596 pages
...of receiving your Lordship's letter of this date. An ardent desire to spare the further effusion of blood will readily incline me to listen to such terms for the surrender of your posts of York and Gloucester, as are admissible. I wish, previously to the meeting of commissioners, that... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 604 pages
...of receiving your Lordship's letter of this date. An ardent desire to spare the further effusion of blood will readily incline me to listen to such terms for the surrender of your posts of York and Gloucester, as are admissible. I wish, previously to the meeting of commissioners, that... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1838 - 596 pages
...of receiving your Lordship's letter of this date. An ardent desire to spare the further effusion of blood will readily incline me to listen to such terms for the surrender of your posts of York and Gloucester, as are admissible. I wish, previously to the meeting of commissioners, that... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 594 pages
...of receiving your Lordship's letter of this date. An ardent desire to spare the further effusion of blood will readily incline me to listen to such terms for the surrender of your posts of York and Gloucester, as are admissible. I wish, previously to the meeting of commissioners, that... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1847 - 618 pages
...of receiving your Lordship's letter of this date. An ardent desire to spare the further effusion of blood will readily incline me to listen to such terms for the surrender of your posts of York and Gloucester, as are admissible. I wish, previously to the meeting of commissioners, that... | |
 | William Maxwell - Virginia - 1852 - 500 pages
...the honor of receiving your Lordship's letter of this date. An ardent desire to save the effusion of blood will readily incline me to listen to such terms...the commissioners, that your Lordship's proposals may be sent to the American lines, for which purpose a suspension of hostilities during two hours from... | |
 | Virginia - 1852 - 508 pages
...honor of receiving your Lordship's letter of this date. An ardent desire to save the •effusion of blood will readily incline me to listen to such terms...the commissioners, that your Lordship's proposals may be sent to the American lines, for which purpose a suspension of hostilities during two hours from... | |
 | Virginia - 1852 - 508 pages
...honor of receiving your Lordship's letter of this date. An ardent desire to save the •effusion of blood will readily incline me to listen to such terms...the commissioners, that your Lordship's proposals may be sent to the American lines, for which purpose a suspension of hostilities during two hours from... | |
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I have the honor to be, &.c. CORNWALLIS. GENERAL WASHINGTON TO EARL CORNWALLIS. Camp, before York, 17 October, 1781. MY LORD, I have had the honor of receiving your Lordship's letter of this date. An ardent desire to spare the further effusion of blood... 
