 | James Spear Loring - 1852 - 762 σελίδες
...and appoint Col. Washington commander of it, Mr. Adams remarked, that he was "a gentleman whose skill as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents,...approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertion of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington. who happened... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 σελίδες
...in my mind for that important command, and that was a gentleman from Virginia, who was among us, and very well known to all of us ; a gentleman, whose...approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertion of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who happened... | |
 | 1858 - 484 σελίδες
...in my mind for that important command, and that was a gentleman from Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, — a gentleman whose...Colonies better than any other person in the Union." — Life and Works of John Adams, Vol. II. p. 416. It appears from Mr. Bancroft that the motion, when... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1859 - 86 σελίδες
...skill as an officer, his position, his talents, his superior character, were declared such as " would unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union." Mark that word Union, my young friends, now first used on a most solemn public occasion — a word... | |
 | Charles Campbell - 1860 - 772 σελίδες
...indomitable advocate of independence, had, on a previous occasion, recommended him for the post, as " a gentleman, whose skill and experience as an officer,...colonies better than any other person in the union." Mr. Adams had discovered that the preference of the Southern members for Washington was very strong. The... | |
 | Charles Campbell - 1860 - 766 σελίδες
...indomitable advocate of independence, had, on a previous occasion, recommended him for the post, as " a gentleman, whose skill and experience as an officer,...colonies better than any other person in the union." Mr. Adams had discovered that the preference of the Southern members for Washington was very strong. The... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 670 σελίδες
...in my mind for that important command, and that was a gentleman from Virginia, who was among us, and very well known to all of us ; a gentleman whose skill...cordial exertions of all the colonies better than anf other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who happened to sit near the door, as soon as he heard... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1860 - 572 σελίδες
...person whom he had in his mind, and spoke of him as " a gentleman from Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whoso independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 616 σελίδες
...in my mind for that important command, and that was a gentleman from Virginia, who was among us and very well known to all of us; a gentleman, whose skill...of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of NOMINATION OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. 481 all the colonies better tlmn any other person in the Union. Mr.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 620 σελίδες
...in my mind for that important command, and that was a gentleman from Virginia, who was among us and very well known to all of us; a gentleman, whose skill...of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of NOMINATION OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. 481 nil the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr.... | |
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