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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 4: (search)
a general as though they were bidding farewell to a meritorious commander. Nothing saved him from reprobation in England but that Lord George Germain had made mistakes still graver than his own. Meantime Lord Howe and Sir Henry Clinton, each June 6. acting under special instructions, separately communicated the three conciliatory acts of parliament to congress, who received them on the sixth of June, and on the same day answered: They have in April last expressed their sentiments upon billssixth of June, and on the same day answered: They have in April last expressed their sentiments upon bills not essentially different from those acts. When the king of Great Britain shall be seriously disposed to end the unprovoked war waged against these United States, they will readily attend to such terms of peace as may consist with the honor of independent nations and the sacred regard they mean to pay to treaties. On the day of this second rejection of Lord North's offers, the three British commissioners arrived in Philadelphia. In sailing up the Delaware, they had seen enough to regret t
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 18: (search)
ht pieces. The army of Washington was encamped at Morristown. On the east of the Passaic, the Jersey brigade under General Maxwell was stationed at Connecticut Farms, and three hundred of the Jersey militia occupied Elizabethtown. On the sixth of June, the Brit- June 6. ish landed at Elizabethtown Point, but very slowly, from a scarcity of boats. The brigadier who commanded the vanguard was early wounded and disabled. Seven hours were lost in bridging a marsh which stopped their way. OnJune 6. ish landed at Elizabethtown Point, but very slowly, from a scarcity of boats. The brigadier who commanded the vanguard was early wounded and disabled. Seven hours were lost in bridging a marsh which stopped their way. On the morning of the seventh, the American militia, under Colonel Dayton, 7. having had timely warning, retired before the enemy from Elizabethtown; but with the aid of volunteers from the country people, who flew to arms, and of small patrolling parties of continental troops, they harassed the British all the way on their march of five or six miles to Connecticut Farms. James Caldwell, the presbyterian minister of that place, was known to have inspired his people with his own patriotic zeal.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 25: (search)
ine, it has been submitted to the king; and I am commanded by his Majesty to acquaint you that the recovery of Chap. XXV.} 1781. the southern provinces and the prosecution of the war from south to north is to be considered as the chief and principal object for the employment of all the forces under your command which can be spared from the defence of the places in his Majesty's possession. On Cornwallis he heaped praises, writing to him in June: The rapidity of your movements is justly June 6. matter of astonishment to all Europe. To Clinton he repeated in the same month: Lord Cornwallis's opinion entirely coincides with mine; and on the seventh of July: The detachments sent to Virginia July 7. promise more towards bringing the southern colonies to obedience than any offensive operation of the war; a week later: You judiciously sent ample reenforce-ments to the Chesapeake; and on the second of August: As Sir George Rodney knows the destina- Aug. 2. tion of de Grasse, and the F