 | Rupert Hughes - 1927 - 746 pages
...evening, Sir William Howe's transports, after gathering for days in the offing, drew up to Staten Island. "The time is now near at hand which must probably...Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate... | |
 | John Marshall - Presidents - 1926 - 578 pages
...after the arrival of General Howe, "is now CHAP, v near at hand, which must determine whether 1776 Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
 | Dominic Barthel - Elocution - 1927 - 790 pages
...cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country. TO THE AMERICAN TROOPS —WASHINGTON. The time is now near at hand /which must probably determine whether Americans jare to be freemen/ or slaves/ whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether... | |
 | George Washington - Government publications - 1932 - 636 pages
...General Heard88 are to be under that of Genl. Mercer84 until the arrival of their own General Officer. The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be,Freemen,or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their... | |
 | United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission - 1932 - 636 pages
...an attack by the combined British forces, Washington, on July 2, 1776, issued the following order: "The time is now near at hand which must probably...Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate... | |
 | Military art and science - 1952 - 1232 pages
...determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves; whether they are to have any property to call their own: whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they are consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. 1... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...August 19, 1779.—RD Jamro, Pulaski: A Portrait of Freedom, appendix Y, pp. 199, 200 (1981). 1627 The time is now near at hand which must probably determine,...Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate... | |
 | William W. Johnstone - Fiction - 1995 - 324 pages
...world running amuck and riding roughshod over citizens. "Yes. I sure do know what you mean." Book Two The time is now near at hand which must probably determine...and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. —... | |
 | George Charles Roche, Lissa Roche - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 268 pages
...he had issued a stirring message on this theme in his general orders to the troops: The time is now at hand which must probably determine whether Americans...and Farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. 1 did cut it with my hatchet. 12265 General Orders 12266 General Orders The fate of unborn milllons will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct... | |
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THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves ; whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves... 
