 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 618 pages
...bore a letter from "Washington to Gates, dated October 30th, of which the following is an extract: "By this opportunity, I do myself the pleasure to...his whole force to surrender themselves prisoners of war ; an event that does the highest honor to the American arms, and which, I hope, will be attended... | |
 | George Washington - 1890 - 552 pages
...and am, dear Sir, &c. TO MAJOR-GENERAL GATES. HEAD-QUARTERS, NEAR WHITEMARSH, 15 MILES FROM PHILA., October 30, 1777. SIR, By this opportunity I do myself...his whole force to surrender themselves prisoners of war; an event that does the highest honor to the American arms, and which, I hope, will be attended... | |
 | William Leete Stone - Indians of North America - 1900 - 398 pages
...special mission of Colonel Hamilton to the North, the Commander-in-chief said, "By this opportunity 1 do myself the pleasure to congratulate you on the...the army under your command, in compelling General Burgoyue and his whole force to surrender themselves prisoners of war." * * * * "At the same time,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 650 pages
...He bore a letter from Washington to Gates, dated October 30th, of which the following is an exact : "By this opportunity I do myself the pleasure to congratulate...his whole force to surrender themselves prisoners of war ; an event that does the highest honor to the American arms, and which, I hope, will be attended... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 660 pages
...bore a letter from Washington to Gates, dated October 30th, of which the following is an extract : " By this opportunity, I do myself the pleasure to congratulate...his whole force to surrender themselves prisoners of war ; an event that does the highest honor to the American arms, and which, I hope, will be attended... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1911 - 848 pages
...dispatch, so he reported only to Congress. This discourtesy did not prevent Washington's writing to Gates: "I do myself the pleasure to congratulate you on the signal success of the army under your command, " and declaring the victory "an event that does the highest honor to the American arms." Instead of... | |
 | Sons of the American Revolution. Massachusetts Society - Massachusetts - 1923 - 272 pages
...him. Witness this letter to Gates after the surrender at Saratoga, of which Gates had not advised him: "By this opportunity I do myself the pleasure to congratulate...his whole force to surrender themselves prisoners of war. At the same time I cannot but regret that a matter of such magnitude and so interesting to our... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 413 pages
...which the following is an extract. " By this opportunity, I do myself the pleasure to congratulate yon on the signal success of the army under your command,...his whole force to surrender themselves prisoners of war ; an event that does the highest honor to the American armies, and which, I hope will be attended... | |
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At the same time I cannot but regret that a matter of such magnitude and so interesting to our general operations should have reached me by report... 
