 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 been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.  Life of Washington, v.3-4 - Page 279by Washington Irving - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1857 - 482 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 inclosed... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1857 - 570 pages
...his aide-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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 622 pages
...know, by the following brief note, dated November 9th, that his correspondence was detected. " SIB, — A letter which I received last night contained the...following paragraph, — 'In a letter from General *Gates' Papers, NY Hist. Lib. f Life of Lord Stirling, by WA Dner, p. 188. VOL. m.— 23 Conway to... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1860 - 872 pages
...Conway, Washington simply informed him, by the following note, that his treachery was known : — "SiR: A letter which I received last night contained the...have ruined it.'" " I am, sir, your humble servant, "GEORGE WASHINGTON." This note conveyed a terrible rebuke. Had a blazing bombshell fallen at the feet... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 610 pages
...that I was not unapprised of his intriguing disposition, I wrote him a letter in these words : ' Sir, a letter which I received last night, contained the...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. I... | |
 | 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... | |
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