 | John Roy Musick - 1894 - 512 pages
...was strong, and the malice and hatred of some followed him to his grave. Conway wrote to Gates : " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it. " Colonel Joseph Reed wrote to Gates : " This army, notwithstanding... | |
 | Ethan Allen - 1894 - 278 pages
...Conway asked for promotion. Washington opposed this. Conway wrote to Gates [still at the North], " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general [Washington] would have ruined it." Others followed in this correspondence, and all did not scruple... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1895 - 550 pages
...was strong, and the malice and hatred of some followed him to his grave. Conway wrote to Gates : " Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." Colonel Joseph Reed wrote to Gates: " This army, notwithstanding... | |
 | Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society - 1897 - 358 pages
...months Washington had been severely criticised by his opponents. Wrote the ambitious Conway to Gates: "Heaven has been determined to save your country or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it." Wilkinson was fluent in praising the abilities of Gates, while Sullivan,... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1907 - 524 pages
...night, contained the following paragraph : ' In a letter from General Conway to General Gates he says, Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined a: I am, Sir, your humble servant, GEORGE WASHINGTON." Conway had the... | |
 | Ethan Allen - 1899 - 574 pages
...persons. Conway asked for promotion. Washington opposed this. Conway wrote to Gates [still at the North]. "Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general [Washington] would have ruined it." Others followed in this correspondence, and all did not scruple... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1900 - 378 pages
...Gates, severely reflecting upon the Commander-in-chief. The exact phrase even was communicated : " Heaven has been determined to save your country ; or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it." As no intimation was given by Wilkinson of secrecy, the aid, one... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1900 - 380 pages
...Gates, severely reflecting upon the Commander-in-chief. The exact phrase even was communicated : " Heaven has been determined to save your country ; or a weak General a»d bad counsellors would have ruined it." As no intimation was given by Wilkinson of secrecy, the... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1901 - 492 pages
...night contained the following paragraph. " ' In a letter from General Conway to General Gates he says, Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.' I am, Sir, your humble servant." Lord Sterling first told Washington... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 650 pages
...understood, informed his aid-de-camp, Major Mc Williams, that General Conway had written this to you : 'Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counselors would have ruined it.' Lord Stirling, from motives of friendship, transmitted the account,... | |
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heaven has been determined to save your country ; or a weak General and bad Counsellors would have ruined it ; I am, sir, &.c. 
