| Mason Locke Weems - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 230 pages
...distinguished merits of the Gentlemen who have been attached to my person during the War. It was impossible the choice of confidential Officers to compose my...so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. [John C. Fitzpatrick, ed. The Writings of George Washington.... | |
| Alan Axelrod - History - 2000 - 426 pages
..."Having now finished the work assigned me," he tearfully declared, "I retire from the great theater of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to...so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." With this, Washington withdrew the documents of his... | |
| Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 228 pages
...the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. George choked back tears as he continued. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. Chapter 17 A Rising Sun George and Martha Washington... | |
| Education - 2002 - 366 pages
...assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest. . . . Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. Source: Rhodehamel, The American Revolution. From Center... | |
| Gleaves Whitney - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 496 pages
...have the superintendence of them, to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, 1 retire from the great theatre of Action — and bidding...so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. (Source: National Archives, Washington, DC, Papers... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 680 pages
...the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewel to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." The general was so powerfully impressed, with the... | |
| Robert Francis Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 274 pages
...esp. 466-68; chap. 29 for the trip to Annapolis and for Washington's leave-taking of the C'.ongress. under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." Thomas Mifflin, as president of Congress, accepted... | |
| Peter F. Copeland, Coloring Books - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2003 - 52 pages
...He then traveled to Annapolis, Maryland, where he resigned his commission on December 23. He stated, "Having now finished the work assigned me. I retire...so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." Washington then departed for Virginia to rejoin his... | |
| Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga - Philosophy - 2003 - 852 pages
...independence, and gratitude for the support of his countrymen and trusted aides, he bade farewell: "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life" (W 547-48). Jefferson soon wrote to him: "the moderation... | |
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