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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Preface. (search)
ment, and his successor Mr. Fish, with equal friendliness furnished me with documents which I needed from our own records. The late Joseph H. Lewis intrusted to me the very voluminous professional and private correspondence of General Wayne. I was also aided materially by the late Governor Andrew and by Secretary Warner of Massachusetts, by the late Senator Mason of Virginia, by Mr. George S. Bryan, and by the never-failing friendship of Mr. Brantz Meyer, Mr. J. Carson Brevoort, and Mr. George H. Moore. On the character of Alexander Hamilton, I sought and obtained instruction from the late President Nott, as well as from the late Mr. Church, who was Hamilton's secretary in his last period of military service. On two points I follow the verbal communications of Madison; and it was not without fruit that I once passed a day with John Adams. With regard to the peace between the United States and England, I think I might say that my materials in their completeness are unique. Of t
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 4: (search)
erseys. In the battle which took its name from the adjacent village of Monmouth, the American generals, except Lee, did well: Wayne especially established his fame. The army and the whole country resounded with the praises of Washington, and congress unanimously thanked him for his great good conduct and victory. Nor may history omit to record that, of the revolutionary patriots who on that day perilled life for their country, more than seven hundred black Record communicated by George H. Moore. Americans fought side by side with the white. After the battle Lee was treated from headquarters with forbearance; but in two letters to the commander-in-chief he avowed the expectation that the campaign would close the war,—that is, that the terms offered by the British commissioners would be accepted,—and demanded reparation for injustice and injury. A court-martial found him guilty of Chap. IV.} 1778. disobedience, misbehavior before the enemy, and disrespect to the commander-
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 10: (search)
y Point and Verplanck's Chap. X.} 1779. Point. The garrison withdrew from their unfinished work at Stony Point. The commander at Verplanck's Point, waiting to be closely invested by water, on the second of June made an inglorious surrender. Moore's Diary, II. 163, 164. The June 2. British fortified and garrisoned the two posts which commanded King's ferry, and left the Americans no line of communication between New York and New Jersey, south of the highlands. A pillaging expedition, sship. Sir George Collier and Tryon, the British admiral and general, in their address to the inhabitants of Connecticut, said: The existence of a single habitation on your defenceless coast ought to be a constant reproof to your ingratitude. Moore's Diary, II. 190, note. The Chap. X.} 1779. July. British had already lost nearly a hundred and fifty men, but the survivors were gorged with plunder. The town of New London was selected as the next victim; but Tryon was recalled to New York
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 17: (search)
nt from Connecticut for its gradual extermination out of that colony. In the same month and in the same newspaper, a son of liberty demanded the repeal of all laws supporting slavery, because they were contrary to sound reason and revelation. Moore's History of Slavery in Massachusetts, 177. In January, 1777, seven-negro slaves joined in petitioning the general court that they might be restored to that freedom which is the natural right of all men, and that their children might not be held t belong to any of the subjects of this state. A committee was directed to take the opinion of congress on the subject, but no answer from congress appears on record, nor any further consideration of the bill by the Massachusetts legislature. Moore's History of Slavery in Massachusetts, 183. In his presidency, Hancock had shown proclivities to the south. When on his resignation in October a motion was made to give him the thanks of congress for his impartiality in office, the three nor