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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 8: (search)
with one hundred and thirty sheep, as a gift from the parish of Brooklyn. The old hero became Warren's guest, and every one's favorite. The officers whom he visited on Boston Common bantered him about coming down to fight. Twenty ships of the line and twenty regiments, said Major Small, may be expected from England in case a submission is not speedily made by Boston. If they come, said the veteran, I am ready to treat them as enemies. The growing excitement attracted to New England Charles Lee, the restless officer whom the Five Nations had named the Boiling Water. As aide-de-camp to the king of Poland, he assumed the rank of a ma- Chap. VIII.} 1774. Aug. jor-general, which on occasion of his visit was universally acknowledged; so that of all who were likely to draw the sword for America, he had the precedence in military rank. He paid court to the patriots of Massachusetts, and left them confident of his aid in the impending struggle. He on his part saw in the New England
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 19: (search)
d; quick to perceive what was possible, and effectively assisting to do it; joining modesty and practical wisdom to zeal and courage. The Presbyterians of Baltimore resolutely supported the good old cause. Near Annapolis, the volunteers whom Charles Lee began to muster, melted away before his overbearing manner and incapacity; but the people would hear of no opposition to the recommendations of congress. They invited a voluntary offering to the amount of ten thousand pounds, for the purchaseding office at the king's will, and an assembly continued in existence from year to year by the king's prerogative. Yet the patriotism of the colony was sure to emerge from all these obstacles; and its first legitimate organ was the press. Charles Lee denied the military capacity of England, as she could with difficulty enlist recruits enough to keep her regiments full; and he insisted that in a few months efficient infantry might be formed of Americans. A pamphlet from the pen of Alexan