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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 6 0 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 18: (search)
rising into notice, seemingly represented a vast outlay in money. With prodigious labor, huge trunks of trees and enormous hewn stones were piled up on steep rocks. All this had been done without cost to the state by the hands of the American soldiers, who were pervaded by a spirit as enthusiastic and as determined as that of the bravest and most cultivated of their leaders; and who received for their work not the smallest gratification, even when their stated pay remained in arrear. Chastellux, Travels. Am. ed. 46 and 50. And these works, of which every stone was a monument of humble, disinterested patriotism, were to be betrayed to the enemy with all their garrison. On that same evening Washington, free from suspicion, was returning to his army. He had met General Rochambeau and Admiral de Ternay at Chap. XVIII.} 1780. Sept. 22. Hartford. The interview was a genuine festival for the French, who were impatient to see the hero of liberty. His noble mien, the simplicity o
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 25: (search)
ll vicious as it is, can be changed only by some violent revolution. The French government declined to furnish means for the siege of New York. After the arrival of its Chap. XXV.} 1781. May 21. final instructions, Rochambeau, attended by Chastellux, in a meeting with Washington at Weathersfield, on the twenty-first of May, settled the preliminaries of the campaign. The French land force was to march to the North river, and, in conjunction with the American army, be ready to move to the sng ground captured two British ships, each of thirtytwo guns, and he found de Barras safely at anchor in Chap. XXV.} 1781. the bay. Leaving the allied troops to descend by water from Elk river and Baltimore, Washington, with Rochambeau and Chastellux, riding sixty miles a day, on the evening of the ninth reached his own seat at Mount Sept. 9. Vernon. It was the first time in more than six years that he had seen his home. From its lofty natural terrace above the Potomac, his illustrious g