item: #1 of 36 id: 10094 author: Stevenson, Burton Egbert title: A Soldier of Virginia: A Tale of Colonel Washington and Braddock's Defeat date: None words: 82051 flesch: 83 summary: Good man and lovely woman, God rest and keep you both. A frenzy of terror seemed to possess officers and men alike, and I turned away, raging at heart, to think that to such men as these had been intrusted the defense of our country. keywords: allen; camp; captain; colonel; colonel washington; day; door; dorothy; eyes; face; father; fire; fort; french; general; good; half; hand; head; heart; house; indians; left; lieutenant; life; long; man; moment; morning; mother; night; officers; peyronie; place; riverview; road; set; sir; stewart; thought; time; tom; troops; virginia; voice; washington; way; word cache: 10094.txt plain text: 10094.txt item: #2 of 36 id: 11174 author: Baldwin, James title: Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans date: None words: 39385 flesch: 88 summary: Young men can sometimes be trusted with great undertakings as well as if they were older. Most of them were big boys and girls, and a few were grown up young men. keywords: abraham; benjamin; boston; boy; country; daniel; day; england; father; franklin; george; good; great; home; house; lincoln; man; men; money; mother; new; people; read; states; time; washington; webster; work; years; young cache: 11174.txt plain text: 11174.txt item: #3 of 36 id: 11192 author: Van Dyke, Henry title: The Americanism of Washington date: None words: 6456 flesch: 61 summary: What made their lives, and those of men like them, futile and inefficient compared with other men whose natural gifts were less? Men tell us that the rights of man are a poetic fiction, that democracy has nothing in it to command our allegiance unless it promotes our individual comfort and prosperity, and that the whole duty of a citizen is to vote with his party and get an office for himself, or for some one who will look after him. keywords: american; cause; country; general; heart; ideal; life; man; men; people; service; washington cache: 11192.txt plain text: 11192.txt item: #4 of 36 id: 11314 author: None title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 1: George Washington date: None words: 94871 flesch: 47 summary: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; To establish Post Offices and post Roads; To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; To provide and maintain a Navy; To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. Section. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Convention, that as soon as the Conventions of nine States shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a Day on which Electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same, and a Day on which the Electors should assemble to vote for the President, and the Time and Place for commencing Proceedings under this Constitution. keywords: act; america; article; attention; citizens; congress; consideration; constitution; copy; country; day; district; duty; general; gentlemen; george washington; good; government; house; indians; information; laws; legislature; letter; measures; nations; new; office; officers; order; peace; people; power; president; public; representatives; right; secretary; senate; session; subject; time; treaty; union; united states; vessels; war cache: 11314.txt plain text: 11314.txt item: #5 of 36 id: 11702 author: Ford, Henry Jones title: Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism date: None words: 46913 flesch: 55 summary: Colonel Willett was altogether successful, though the inducements he offered were probably aided by McGillivray's desire to visit New York and meet General Washington. Adams became angry over the opposition he was meeting, and on August 29 he wrote to McHenry that there has been too much intrigue in this business, both with General Washington and with me; that it might as well be understood that in any event he would have the last say, and I shall then determine it exactly as I should now, Knox, Pinckney, and Hamilton. keywords: adams; administration; american; bill; british; cabinet; congress; constitution; country; course; debate; department; effect; france; general; genet; government; great; hamilton; house; jefferson; madison; matter; national; new; office; opinion; party; position; power; president; public; report; secretary; senate; situation; states; time; treasury; treaty; united states; virginia; war; washington; york cache: 11702.txt plain text: 11702.txt item: #6 of 36 id: 11858 author: Haworth, Paul Leland title: George Washington: Farmer Being an Account of His Home Life and Agricultural Activities date: None words: 70726 flesch: 66 summary: Near the close of his life he wrote in his will: My fine crabtree walking-stick with a gold head, curiously wrought in the form of a cap of Liberty, I give to my friend, and the friend of mankind, General Washington. The English farmer Parkinson records that the first time he walked with General Washington among his negroes he was amazed at the rough manner in which he spoke to them. keywords: acres; agriculture; bushels; clover; corn; country; crops; custis; day; days; death; dollars; english; estate; fact; family; farm; farmer; fox; general; george washington; good; grass; ground; half; home; horses; house; hunting; interest; john; land; life; little; man; manager; mansion; men; money; mount; mount vernon; mrs; negroes; new; number; papers; place; pounds; revolution; river; run; sent; servants; set; sheep; slaves; stock; time; trees; vernon; virginia; washington; way; wheat; white; william; work; years; young; | | cache: 11858.txt plain text: 11858.txt item: #7 of 36 id: 11926 author: Rush, Richard title: Washington in Domestic Life. From Original Letters and Manuscripts date: None words: 13651 flesch: 65 summary: He describes the house, remarking that even with the proposed additions the gentlemen of his family would have to go into the third story, where also Mr. Lear and Mrs. Lear would have to go; and that there would be no place for his own study and dressing-room but in the back building; there are good stables, and the coach-house would hold his carriages; but his coachmen and postilions would have to sleep over the stable where there was no fireplace, though the room might be warmed by a stove. The plated ware far exceeds in price the utmost bounds of his calculation; but as he is persuaded Mr. Morris had only done what he thought right, he requests Mr. Lear to make immediate payment in manner as he points out. keywords: arnold; day; general; house; lear; letters; mount; mount vernon; mrs; new; philadelphia; president; public; servants; time; vernon; washington cache: 11926.txt plain text: 11926.txt item: #8 of 36 id: 12300 author: Ford, Paul Leicester title: The True George Washington [10th Ed.] date: None words: 87360 flesch: 57 summary: In this same year a friend wrote, General Washington is now in the forty-seventh year of his age; he is a well-made man, rather large boned, and has a tolerably genteel address; his features are manly and bold, his eyes of a bluish cast and very lively; his hair a deep brown, his face rather long and marked with the small-pox; his complexion sunburnt and without much color, and his countenance sensible, composed and thoughtful; there is a remarkable air of dignity about him, with a striking degree of gracefulness. The Marquis de Chastellux wrote enthusiastically, In speaking of this perfect whole of which General Washington furnishes the idea, I have not excluded exterior form. keywords: army; brother; care; chief; children; command; commander; company; conduct; congress; custis; day; days; dear; death; dinner; england; estate; family; father; french; friend; friendship; general; general washington; george washington; good; home; house; jefferson; john; kind; land; later; lee; left; letter; life; little; man; manner; men; military; money; mount; mrs; new; night; occasion; officers; opinion; people; philadelphia; place; pounds; president; public; relations; revolution; service; son; states; thought; time; time washington; vernon; virginia; war; washington; way; wife; wish; writing; years; york; young cache: 12300.txt plain text: 12300.txt item: #9 of 36 id: 12540 author: Thayer, William Roscoe title: George Washington date: None words: 66681 flesch: 66 summary: It did require General Washington during the war to furnish a regular report of his military actions and it put his suggestions on file where many of them grew yellow and dusty; but he might not strike, do that decisive act by which history is born. They elected Washington President by a unanimous vote of sixty-nine out of sixty-nine votes cast. keywords: american; army; battle; boston; british; chief; colonies; congress; convention; country; custis; day; days; effect; england; footnote; ford; france; french; general; george washington; good; government; governor; great; hamilton; house; jay; jefferson; john; king; lee; letter; life; man; men; military; mount; mrs; new; officers; people; philadelphia; place; president; public; revolution; states; thought; time; treaty; troops; united; vernon; virginia; war; washington; work; years; york cache: 12540.txt plain text: 12540.txt item: #10 of 36 id: 12652 author: Lodge, Henry Cabot title: George Washington, Volume I date: None words: 104043 flesch: 59 summary: Congress, Continental, Washington's journey to, i. 128; its character and ability, 129; its state papers, 129; adjourns, 132; in second session, resolves to petition the king, 133; adopts Massachusetts army and makes Washington commander, 134; reasons for his choice, 135; adheres to short-term enlistments, 149; influenced to declare independence by Washington, 160; hampers Washington in campaign of New York, 167; letters of Washington to, 170, 179, 212, 225, 229, 266, 278, 295, 321, 323, 333; takes steps to make army permanent, 171; its over-confidence, 171; insists on holding Forts Washington and Lee, 174; dissatisfied with Washington's inactivity, 187; criticises his proclamation requiring oath of allegiance, 189; makes unwise appointments of officers, 189; especially of foreigners, 190-192; 248, 249; applauds Washington's efforts at Germantown, 200; deposes Schuyler and St. Clair, 208; appoints Gates, 210; irritation against Washington, 212-215; falls under guidance of Conway cabal, 221, 222; discovers incompetence of cabal, 223; meddles with prisoners and officers, 231; rejects English peace offers, 233; makes alliance with France, 241; suppresses protests of officers against D'Estaing, 244; decline in its character, 257; becomes feeble, 258; improvement urged by Washington, 259, 266; appoints Gates to command in South, 268; loses interest in war, 278; asks Washington to name general for the South, 295; considers reduction of army, 313; elated by Yorktown, 323; its unfair treatment of army, 333, 335; driven from Philadelphia by Pennsylvania troops, 340; passes half-pay act, 342; receives commission of Washington, 347-349; disbands army, ii. 6; indifferent to Western expansion, 15; continues to decline, 22; merit of its Indian policy, 88. Washington, Augustine, father of George Washington, birth, i. 35; death, 39; character, 39; his estate, 41; ridiculous part played by in Weems's anecdotes, 44, 47. Washington, Augustine, half brother of George Washington, keeps him after his father's death, i. 48. Washington, Bushrod, refused appointment as attorney by Washington, ii. 62; educated by him, keywords: action; american; army; attack; battle; boston; british; campaign; character; chief; colonel; command; commander; congress; cornwallis; country; day; days; enemy; england; english; fact; fighting; force; french; gates; general; george washington; good; government; house; howe; indians; john; lawrence washington; letter; life; little; man; men; military; mind; moment; new; officers; people; philadelphia; point; power; public; revolution; saw; set; soldiers; south; states; success; thought; time; troops; virginia; war; washington; way; winter; work; world; years; york cache: 12652.txt plain text: 12652.txt item: #11 of 36 id: 12653 author: Lodge, Henry Cabot title: George Washington, Volume II date: None words: 118322 flesch: 56 summary: In everything relating to France Washington had observed the utmost caution, and his friendliness had been all the more marked because he had felt obliged to be guarded. Fairfax, Mrs.----, letter of Washington to, ii. 367. Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, his career in England, i. 55; comes to his Virginia estates, 55; his character, 55; his friendship for Washington, 56; sends him to survey estates, 56; plans a manor across the Blue Ridge, 59; secures for Washington position as public surveyor, 60; probably influential in securing his appointment as envoy to French, 66; hunts with Washington, 115; his death remembered by Washington, ii. 366. keywords: administration; american; army; british; cabinet; character; conduct; congress; constitution; country; course; day; england; english; fact; foreign; france; french; general; genet; george washington; good; government; hamilton; hand; history; home; indians; jay; jefferson; letter; life; little; man; matter; measures; mind; moment; national; new; opinion; opposition; order; party; peace; people; point; policy; power; president; public; question; randolph; revolution; secretary; sense; states; thought; time; treaty; united; virginia; war; washington; way; work; years; york cache: 12653.txt plain text: 12653.txt item: #12 of 36 id: 13911 author: Hubbard, Elbert title: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen date: None words: 66515 flesch: 74 summary: He had been chosen selectman to fill the place that his uncle had occupied, and when Samuel Adams incidentally dropped a remark that good men were needed in the General Court, John Hancock agreed with him. Good men who are capable are always needed. keywords: adams; america; boston; boy; british; clay; college; colonies; congress; country; day; days; england; face; fact; family; father; franklin; general; george; good; hamilton; hancock; hand; head; heart; henry; home; house; jay; jefferson; john; john adams; john hancock; law; life; lincoln; little; love; man; men; mother; new; office; people; place; president; public; right; samuel; samuel adams; school; seward; state; things; thought; time; town; united; washington; way; webster; wife; work; world; years; york; young cache: 13911.txt plain text: 13911.txt item: #13 of 36 id: 15140 author: None title: Washington's Birthday Its history, observance, spirit, and significance as related in prose and verse, with a selection from Washington's speeches and writings date: None words: 73259 flesch: 67 summary: * * GEORGE WASHINGTON From _Washington and the Generals of the Revolution_ It is a truth, illustrated in daily experience, and yet rarely noted or acted upon, that, in all that concerns the appreciation of personal character or ability, the instinctive impressions of a community are quicker in their action, more profoundly appreciant, and more reliable, than the intellectual perceptions of the ablest men in the community. _Washington on Slavery_ There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority, and this as far as my suffrage will go shall never be wanting. keywords: age; american; army; birthday; cause; character; chief; congress; constitution; country; day; days; example; fame; foreign; freedom; french; general; general washington; george washington; glory; god; good; government; great; hand; heart; hero; history; honor; house; human; liberty; life; love; man; men; military; mind; mount; nation; national; nature; new; peace; people; power; president; president washington; public; revolution; right; service; spirit; states; sword; time; union; united; vernon; virginia; war; washington; washington washington; world; years; york cache: 15140.txt plain text: 15140.txt item: #14 of 36 id: 16931 author: Eliot, Charles William title: Four American Leaders date: None words: 16174 flesch: 60 summary: The work of giving practical effect to his thought was left for other men to do,--indeed for generations of other serviceable men, who, filled with his ideals, will slowly work them out into institutions, customs, and other practical values. Our expectation of good service and hard work from boys of sixteen, not to speak of young men of twenty-six, is very low. keywords: american; art; channing; country; day; education; emerson; franklin; good; liberty; life; man; men; nature; new; people; power; public; thought; time; war; washington; work; years cache: 16931.txt plain text: 16931.txt item: #15 of 36 id: 18591 author: Marshall, John title: The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States date: None words: 121503 flesch: 56 summary: The legislatures of several other colonies passed resolutions similar to those of Virginia. With this view, it had become usual for the general court to testify its satisfaction with his conduct by presents; and this measure was also adopted in other colonies. keywords: act; america; army; assembly; authority; body; boston; britain; british; carolina; chalmer; charter; colonies; colonists; colony; company; connecticut; council; country; court; crown; england; english; expedition; footnote; force; fort; french; general; government; governor; house; indians; inhabitants; island; king; laws; legislature; majesty; massachusetts; measures; new; new england; new york; north; parliament; people; persons; place; power; province; right; river; royal; sidenote; sir; south; state; time; town; troops; virginia; war; year cache: 18591.txt plain text: 18591.txt item: #16 of 36 id: 18592 author: Marshall, John title: The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States date: None words: 130465 flesch: 56 summary: Late in February, various appearances among the British troops indicated an intention to evacuate Boston; but as these appearances might be deceptive, and he had now received a small supply of powder, General Washington determined to prosecute vigorously a plan he had formed, to force General Howe either to come to an action, or to abandon the town. As these propositions were not addressed to the Commander-in-chief, and were not authenticated by the signature of General Howe, nor by any act obligatory on him, General Washington thought it improper directly to notice them; and ordered the officer to whom they were delivered to return an answer stating the reasons why they were not treated with more attention. keywords: action; american; american army; american general; army; attack; body; british; burgoyne; camp; chief; colonel; colonel washington; colonies; commander; congress; country; day; delaware; enemy; footnote; force; fort; french; general; general lee; general washington; ground; howe; island; left; letter; lord; loss; march; men; miles; militia; new; north; officers; opinion; orders; philadelphia; place; possession; prisoners; rear; right; river; road; service; sidenote; sir; situation; states; time; troops; united; war; york cache: 18592.txt plain text: 18592.txt item: #17 of 36 id: 18593 author: Marshall, John title: The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States date: None words: 105790 flesch: 55 summary: Thanks of Congress to General Washington and his army. General Washington labours successfully to heal these discontents.... keywords: action; american; army; british; carolina; chief; clinton; colonel; command; commander; congress; cornwallis; country; day; enemy; fleet; footnote; force; french; general; general washington; government; henry; lafayette; left; letter; line; lord; major; march; men; military; militia; new; north; officers; place; plan; point; rear; river; service; sidenote; sir; south; states; time; troops; united; virginia; war; york cache: 18593.txt plain text: 18593.txt item: #18 of 36 id: 18594 author: Marshall, John title: The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States date: None words: 123133 flesch: 49 summary: [Sidenote: Virginia appoints deputies to meet those of other states at Philadelphia for the purpose of revising the federal system.] On receiving this report, the legislature of Virginia passed an act for the appointment of deputies to meet such as might be appointed by other states; to assemble in convention at Philadelphia, at the time, and for the purposes, specified in the recommendation from the convention which had met at Annapolis. keywords: american; army; britain; british; character; chief; citizens; colonel; congress; constitution; convention; country; day; debt; duty; general; good; government; greene; having; house; influence; interest; justice; legislature; letter; life; means; measures; military; mind; nation; national; new; officers; opinion; people; place; power; present; president; public; resolution; secretary; sidenote; subject; system; time; treasury; troops; union; united states; view; war; washington cache: 18594.txt plain text: 18594.txt item: #19 of 36 id: 18595 author: Marshall, John title: The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States date: None words: 101909 flesch: 49 summary: The American minister at Paris, finding himself in a situation not expected by his government, sought to pursue a circumspect line of conduct, which should in no respect compromise the United States. It was also pressed upon Mr. Morris to seize every occasion of conciliating the affections of France to the United States, and of placing the commerce between the two countries on the best possible footing.[2] keywords: act; administration; american; britain; british; citizens; commerce; conduct; congress; country; course; executive; footnote; force; france; french; general; genet; government; great; house; influence; legislature; letter; liberty; measures; minister; nation; national; opinion; opposition; party; peace; people; power; present; president; public; republic; resolution; secretary; sidenote; subject; system; time; treaty; united states; war; washington cache: 18595.txt plain text: 18595.txt item: #20 of 36 id: 21972 author: Courtenay, Calista McCabe title: George Washington date: None words: 21403 flesch: 75 summary: After reviewing this army, General Washington visited the American forts strung in an irregular semi-circle around Boston, within which the British forces were besieged. [Illustration: Mrs. Washington set out for Cambridge] Knowing that he could not return home, General Washington sent for his wife to come to Cambridge. keywords: army; battle; british; congress; country; england; fort; french; general; george; great; home; men; new; people; philadelphia; river; soldiers; time; troops; virginia; war; washington; york cache: 21972.txt plain text: 21972.txt item: #21 of 36 id: 25889 author: Lossing, Benson John title: Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. date: None words: 288584 flesch: 49 summary: i. 494; bill hostile to the trade of New England brought forward by, i. 496; conciliatory bill brought forward by, i. 497; misrepresentations of the evacuation of, Boston made by. ii. 85; decisive conciliatory measures proposed by, in relation to the colonies--opposition to the measures of, by Lord Chatham, ii. 608; Washington's opinion of the proposed measures of, ii. 609; the bills of, treated with scorn throughout the country, ii. 610; resignation by, of the premiership, after the surrender at Yorktown, ii. 740. Northwest territory, General Arthur St. Clair appointed governor of--hostility of the Indians in--force sent against, under General Harmar, iii. 156; peace made with the Indians in, in 1794, iii. 329; lands owned by Washington in, at the time of his death, iii. 543. Nova Scotia, conquest of, by General Winslow, in 1755, i. 178; Washington adverse to a proposed expedition against, i. 629; embarkation of tories for, in 1783, iii. 22. O. Ogden, Matthias, with Arnold in his expedition against Quebec, i. 697. Ohio, account of Washington's mission to the French commander on the, in 1753, i. 75-92. Ohio Company, object and constitution of, i. 60; movements of, in 1750, i. 71. Ohio country, journey of Washington to the, in 1770, i. 358; abundance of game in the, i. 359. Ohio expedition, perils and sufferings of Washington and his party while on the, i. 90. Ohio, policy of driving the French beyond the, advocated by Washington, i. 205. To the president of Congress Washington wrote, when he transmitted to that body an account of the affair just narrated:-- The result of the proceedings of the grand convention of officers, which I have the honor of sending to your excellency, for the inspection of Congress, will, I flatter myself, be considered as the last glorious proof of patriotism which could have been given by men who aspired to the distinction of a patriot army; and will not only confirm their claim to the justice, but will increase their title to the gratitude of their country. keywords: adams; address; administration; affairs; american; army; arrival; battle; body; boston; britain; british; cabinet; cause; character; chief; circumstances; citizens; city; colonel; command; committee; conduct; confidence; congress; constitution; continental; convention; country; course; day; days; death; doctor; effect; england; family; federal; following; foreign; form; fort; france; french; friends; general; general washington; genet; george washington; good; government; governor; great; hamilton; hand; having; head; honor; house; iii; influence; interest; jay; jefferson; john; justice; king; lafayette; law; left; letter; liberty; life; little; lord; man; manner; measures; military; mind; minister; moment; mount; mrs; nation; national; near; new; note; occasion; office; officers; opinion; opposition; order; party; peace; people; personal; philadelphia; power; present; president; president washington; public; relation; republic; respecting; revolution; right; second; secretary; senate; sir; spirit; states; subject; time; treaty; troops; union; united; united states; vernon; virginia; war; washington; way; years; york cache: 25889.txt plain text: 25889.txt item: #22 of 36 id: 27012 author: Heady, Morrison title: The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief date: None words: 76515 flesch: 59 summary: But it is in the history of the nations and great men of the earth that Uncle Juvinell most excels, as shall be proved to your entire satisfaction before reaching the end of this volume. Beside the regulars, fourteen hundred strong, it consisted of two companies of hatchet-men, or carpenters, whose business it was to go on before, and open the road; a small company of seamen, who had the care and management of the artillery; six companies of rangers, some of whom were Pennsylvanians; and two companies of light horse, which, being composed of young men taken from the very first families of Virginia, Braddock had chosen to be his body-guard: the whole numbering two thousand, or thereabouts. keywords: army; away; boy; braddock; children; col; country; day; days; end; enemy; english; eyes; fort; french; general; george; good; great; half; hand; high; home; horses; house; indian; juvinell; king; know; land; left; life; love; man; men; miles; mind; morning; mother; people; place; right; set; thing; time; uncle; virginia; war; washington; way; white; woods; years; young cache: 27012.txt plain text: 27012.txt item: #23 of 36 id: 2704 author: Wrong, George McKinnon title: Washington and His Comrades in Arms: A Chronicle of the War of Independence date: None words: 64355 flesch: 73 summary: But in retreating across New Jersey Washington had been forsaken by thousands of men, beguiled in part by the Tory population, discouraged by defeat, and in many cases with the right to go home, since their term of service had expired. George Washington alone attended the sittings in uniform. keywords: american; army; arnold; attack; boston; britain; british; burgoyne; canada; clinton; colonies; command; congress; cornwallis; country; day; days; end; enemy; england; fight; fighting; fleet; force; fort; france; french; gates; general; george; good; howe; hudson; independence; island; king; lord; loyalists; men; miles; new; new england; new york; north; officers; people; philadelphia; revolution; river; sea; ships; south; time; virginia; war; washington; years; york cache: 2704.txt plain text: 2704.txt item: #24 of 36 id: 28205 author: Carlton, Henry Fisk title: Washington Crossing the Delaware date: None words: 6243 flesch: 86 summary: (_in_) Be ye General Washington? WASHINGTON I am, and what can I do for you? HONEYMAN Wal'--General--if ye don't mind--er--er-- WASHINGTON Yes? HONEYMAN I'd like to see ye alone--sir--it's important! WASHINGTON Alone? HONEYMAN Would ye--er--sign it yerself, General? WASHINGTON Certainly! keywords: colonel; honeyman; knox; rall; reed; sir; washington; yes cache: 28205.txt plain text: 28205.txt item: #25 of 36 id: 28618 author: Thayer, William Makepeace title: From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services date: None words: 126339 flesch: 69 summary: [Illustration: George Washington] LOG CABIN TO WHITE HOUSE SERIES From Farm House to the White House THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON HIS BOYHOOD, YOUTH, MANHOOD, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE AND SERVICES _ From Farm House to White House--Life of George Washington. keywords: american; arms; army; battle; boston; boy; boys; braddock; british; character; chief; colonel; colonel washington; commander; congress; country; day; days; death; enemy; england; english; fairfax; family; father; fire; force; fort; fort washington; french; general; george washington; god; good; government; governor; home; hope; house; indians; king; lawrence; lawrence washington; lee; life; love; man; men; miles; morning; mother; mount; mrs; new; night; officers; order; people; place; public; retreat; river; school; service; soldiers; son; spirit; time; troops; vernon; virginia; war; washington; way; work; years; york; young cache: 28618.txt plain text: 28618.txt item: #26 of 36 id: 28859 author: Marshall, John title: The Life of George Washington: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions date: None words: 4970 flesch: 62 summary: General Washington crosses the North river.... General Washington crosses the Delaware.... keywords: army; british; chapter; congress; expedition; fort; general; lord; massachusetts; new; president; states; washington; york cache: 28859.txt plain text: 28859.txt item: #27 of 36 id: 29949 author: Washington, George title: Washington's Masonic Correspondence As Found among the Washington Papers in the Library of Congress date: None words: 24999 flesch: 59 summary: Aberts Tavern, 101 Adam, Rev. John, 30 Adam, Robert, 29, 30 Adcock, William, 77 Alexander, Alexander, 58 Alexandria Lodge, No. 22, Address and Reply, 18; Letter and Address to Washington, 96; Washington's Reply, 97 Alexandria Lodge, No. 39, 17; Correspondence with, 28; Address to Washington, 29; Meets at Lamb Tavern, 33; Invites Washington to dine with them, 34 Allison, John, 29, 33 Anti-Masonic Craze, mention of, 8; Attack Washington's memory, 10; Certify to Records, 16 Armstrong, Thomas, 90 Baker, George A., 90 Ball, William, 93 Bartlett, Josiah, 83, 102 Belton, William, 111, 113 Blair, Judge, 42 Blyth, Joseph, 53 Bowen, Thomas B., 58 Bradley, Thomas, 90 Burk, Miss Fanny M., Copies, Portrait for Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 36 Carson, J., 53 Chapman, Samuel, 48, 49 Clark, Peleg, 15 Clinton, Governor, 42 Cohen, Abraham, 53 Corney, James, 48 Craik, George W., 2, 93 Craik, Dr. James, 93 Cutler, John, 83 Cusack, Richard E., 90 Dandridge, Bartholomew, 2, 75, 81 Dick, Archibald, 32 Dick, Elisha C., 29, 32; Conducts Masonic Services at Washington's Funeral, 33 Drayton, William, 58 Duplessis, Peter le Barbier, 70; Autograph, 72, 79, 80 Edwards, Thomas, 102 Elliot, Robert, 15 Few, Joseph, 70; mention of, 78 Foster, Theo., 42 Franklin, Benjamin, mention of, 27 Fredericktown, Maryland, 117 Freemasonry in Pennsylvania (Barratt and Sachse), Referred to, 16 Free Quaker Meeting House, 69 Gates, Thomas, 58 Georgia Grand Lodge, Address and Reply, 7, 17; Fraudulent letter to, 94 Gillies, James, 95, 96, 97 Gist, Mordecai, 57, 58, 59; Sketch of, 64, 134 Gorman, Mr., of New Hampshire, 42 Grant, Reuben, 53 Greene, Mrs. Nathaniel, 66 Griffith, Cadawalder, 90 Guion, Isaac, 48, 49 Halling, Solomon, 48, 49 Hamilton, Gavin, 70, 90 Handy, John, 15 Harris, Thaddeus M., 102 Hayes, Moses Michael, mention of, 15 Hildreth, Ara, 38 Houston, George, 66 Hunt, Galliard, mention of, 6 Illuminati, 117 Irwin, David, 90 Israel, Israel, 90 Jackson, Major William, 2; Copies Address and Answer, 40 Jefferson, Thomas, 36, 42 Johnson, William, 48, 49 King David's Lodge, No. 1, Newport, R. I., Proposed Masonic Address to General Washington, 14; Extracts from Records, 15, 17; Correspondence with, 37; Sends Address to Washington, 38; Fac-simile of Washington's Reply, 41 Knox, Robert, 58 Lamb Tavern, Alexandria meeting place of Lodge, No. 39, 33 Lamberton, J. M., Address Washington as a Freemason, 11; quoted, 117 Laughton, Joseph, 104 Lear, Tobias, 2, 75, 101 Letter Books in Library of Congress, 6 Littlefield, William, 37 Lodge No. 27, on Pennsylvania Roster, 57, 59 Lowthorp, F., 48 Machey, Mungo, 83 Marshall, John, Chief Justice, 132 Marsteller, Phillip G., 95, 96 Maryland Grand Lodge, Draft of Letter to 7, 18; Address to Washington, 112; Washington Reply, 113; Original Draft of Reply, _ib._ Mason, Benjamin, 70 Masonic Aprons, 20 Masonic Portrait of Washington in Alexandria Lodge, 36 Massachusetts Grand Lodge, Draft of Letter to, 7; Letter to, 8; Objects to Washington as Grand Master General, 16; Address and Reply, 18; Address to Washington, 83; Reply, 85; Letter to Paul Revere, 104; Reply to Grand Lodge, 106; Refuses to nominate Washington as Grand Master General, 136 Mazyck, William C., 60 McElwee, John, 90 Meyers, Israel, 58 Miller, George, 58 Mitchell, John, 58 Nelson, William, 90 Newburgh, Washington in Camp at, 21 Nilson, Andrew, 90 Oliver, Daniel, 104 Oswald, Eleaser, 90 Pasteur, Edward, 48 Pennsylvania Grand Lodge, Draft of Letter to, 7; Address and Reply, 18; Resolutions, 69; Address to Washington, 71; Washington's Reply, 73; Address to Washington, 1796, 88; Address, 1797, 103; Nominated Washington as Grand Master General, 133 Prince George's Lodge, No. 16, Georgetown, S. C., Address and Reply, 8, 17; Correspondence with, 51; Sketch of, _ib._; PAGE Foreword 1 The Masonic Correspondence of Washington 5 I Correspondence with Watson and Cassoul 19 II Correspondence with Alexandria Lodge, No. 39, 1783 28 III Correspondence with Alexandria Lodge, No. 39, 1784 34 IV Correspondence with King David's Lodge, No. 1, Newport, R. I., 1790 37 V Correspondence with St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Newbern, N. C., 1791 44 VI Correspondence with Prince George's Lodge, No. 16, Georgetown, S. C., 1791 51 VII Correspondence with Grand Lodge of South Carolina, 1791 57 VIII Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Georgia, 1791 65 IX Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 1792 69 X Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 1792 80 XI Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 1796 86 XII Correspondence with Alexandria Lodge, No. 22, Virginia, 1797 95 XIII Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 1797 102 XIV Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Maryland, 1798 111 XV Correspondence with G. W. Snyder, 1798 117 XVI Index 141 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Masonic Portrait of Washington _ keywords: address; alexandria lodge; brethren; brother; brother washington; carolina; copy; correspondence; general; george; grand; grand lodge; grand master; john; letter; lodge; masonic; massachusetts; master; new; original; pennsylvania; philadelphia; president; reply; smith; states; washington; washington lodge; william cache: 29949.txt plain text: 29949.txt item: #28 of 36 id: 32987 author: Irving, Washington title: The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools date: None words: 297728 flesch: 62 summary: In the meantime, Congress, on the 11th of October, having heard of the ingress of the Phoenix, Roebuck and Tartar, passed a resolution that General Washington be desired, if it be practicable, by every art, and at whatever expensive, to obstruct effectually the navigation of the North River between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution, as well to prevent the regress of the enemy's vessels lately gone up as to hinder them from receiving succors. On the 19th an aide-de-camp of General Howe came with a flag, and requested to know, as there appeared to be an obstacle to a correspondence between the two generals, whether Colonel Patterson, the British adjutant-general, could be admitted to an interview with General Washington. keywords: action; advance; american; arms; army; arnold; arrival; artillery; attack; boats; body; boston; bridge; british; camp; captain; chief; city; clinton; colonel; colonel washington; command; commander; congress; cornwallis; country; course; creek; day; days; detachment; effect; enemy; expedition; field; fire; fleet; force; fort washington; forward; french; garrison; gates; general; general lee; general washington; george; government; governor; great; greene; ground; guard; half; hand; head; henry; hill; house; howe; hudson; indians; island; king; lee; left; letter; line; long; lord; main; major; march; meantime; men; miles; military; militia; morning; new; new york; night; north; number; o'clock; officers; orders; party; pennsylvania; philadelphia; place; plan; point; position; post; present; president; public; quarters; rear; retreat; river; road; schuyler; service; set; ships; sir; south; state; stores; time; town; troops; virginia; war; washington; way; west; works; wounded; york cache: 32987.txt plain text: 32987.txt item: #29 of 36 id: 36183 author: Pollard, Josephine title: The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable date: None words: 44438 flesch: 97 summary: There was need of more men, and a lot of raw New Hamp-shire troops, led by Col-o-nel Stark came to their aid. The French stormed the fort at the Point in as brave a way, but with less speed, and lost more men. keywords: coats; day; fort; french; george; guns; ing; king; land; man; men; new; place; red; set; thought; time; ton; troops; war; wash; way cache: 36183.txt plain text: 36183.txt item: #30 of 36 id: 39518 author: Roy, Lillian Elizabeth title: The Little Washingtons' Travels date: None words: 24862 flesch: 81 summary: He wondered if George Washington ever had such a cowardly game played on him. I am George Washington, commander-in-chief of the American forces! proudly replied George. keywords: american; anne; army; battle; boys; british; children; city; davis; day; door; george; jack; john; maggie; martha; men; mrs; new; parke; party; philadelphia; right; river; street; time; washington; york cache: 39518.txt plain text: 39518.txt item: #31 of 36 id: 40932 author: Hulbert, Archer Butler title: Washington's Road (Nemacolin's path) the First Chapter of the Old French War date: None words: 35460 flesch: 68 summary: At last Washington complained frankly to St. Pierre, who denied his duplicity--and doubled his bribes. A characteristic scene was enacted in the House when, Colonel Washington having entered the gallery, the burgesses rose to express their respect for the young officer who had led the first English army across the Alleghanies. keywords: army; braddock; century; colonel; country; creek; cumberland; day; days; english; fort; fort necessity; french; george washington; governor; ground; half; indian; iroquois; king; lake; land; little; man; meadows; men; miles; nations; necessity; new; ohio; river; road; time; virginia; war; washington; west; western; years cache: 40932.txt plain text: 40932.txt item: #32 of 36 id: 44724 author: Otis, James title: The Boy Spies of Philadelphia The Story of How the Young Spies Helped the Continental Army at Valley Forge date: None words: 80322 flesch: 76 summary: Tell Enoch that his mother's prayers will follow him until he comes back to her, and say that he is to remember how eagerly she watches for his return. Twice during the half hour that followed did Enoch see Lord Cosmo Gordon acting his part most heroically, and each time did the boy put up a fervent prayer that the gallant Englishman might escape unharmed. keywords: aid; army; boys; british; britishers; cause; city; commander; enemy; enoch; general; good; gordon; greene; house; information; jacob; lad; lafayette; lee; left; lord; man; men; night; officers; order; seth; sir; spy; story; time; town; troops; washington; way; work cache: 44724.txt plain text: 44724.txt item: #33 of 36 id: 60668 author: Guizot, François title: Essay on the Character and Influence of Washington in the Revolution of the United States of America date: None words: 29130 flesch: 58 summary: [Footnote 20] The latter, assembled in their churches, to invoke the blessing of God upon their arms, listened with enthusiasm to an eloquent preacher, Samuel Davies, who, in praising the courage of the Virginians, exclaimed, As a remarkable instance of this, I many point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country. [Footnote 27: Spark's _Life of Washington_, Vol. I. p. 107.] {59} Finally, in 1774, on the eve of the great struggle, after the separation of the first Congress held for the purpose of making preparations to meet it, Patrick Henry replied to those that inquired of him, who was the first man in Congress, If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is the greatest orator; but, if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor. keywords: american; army; country; footnote; general; good; government; life; man; new; order; party; people; power; public; society; spirit; states; success; time; united; vol; war; washington; writings cache: 60668.txt plain text: 60668.txt item: #34 of 36 id: 7002 author: Irving, Washington title: Life of George Washington — Volume 01 date: None words: 129300 flesch: 62 summary: It has a noble collection of paintings, including a portrait of General Washington, whose ancestors possessed a portion of the estate. But, adds he, considering the earnest desire of General Washington to have the assistance of those officers, the extreme attachment of many of our best friends in the southern colonies to them, the reputation they would give to our arms in Europe, and especially with the ministerial generals and army in Boston, as well as the real American merit of both, I could not withhold my vote from either. keywords: act; america; arms; army; boston; braddock; british; camp; captain; colonel; colonies; command; commander; company; conduct; congress; country; crown; day; days; dinwiddie; effect; enemy; england; english; expedition; fairfax; family; field; fire; footnote; force; fort; french; frontier; general; george; government; governor; great; half; hill; home; horses; house; indians; john; king; lake; left; letter; life; lord; march; men; miles; military; mount; new; night; officers; ohio; orders; party; pennsylvania; people; place; point; present; province; public; river; service; set; sir; spirit; time; town; troops; vernon; virginia; war; washington; way; william; years; york cache: 7002.txt plain text: 7002.txt item: #35 of 36 id: 8145 author: Schroeder, John Frederick title: Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched date: None words: 303304 flesch: 52 summary: In a letter to Congress Washington said: If my opinion is asked with respect to the necessity of making this provision for the officers I am ready to declare that I do most religiously believe the salvation of the cause depends upon it, and without it your officers will moulder to nothing, or be composed of low and illiterate men, void of capacity for this or any other business. In communicating this transaction to Congress Washington took occasion to remind that body of his having frequently urged the absolute necessity of some general and adequate provision for the officers of the army. keywords: affairs; american; arms; army; attack; attention; body; british; camp; carolina; cause; character; chief; circumstances; citizens; clinton; colonel; command; conduct; congress; constitution; cornwallis; country; course; day; days; duty; effect; enemy; executive; field; fleet; footnote; force; foreign; fort; france; french; general; general washington; good; government; greene; ground; having; house; howe; influence; lafayette; left; letter; liberty; life; line; little; long; loss; march; means; measures; miles; military; militia; mind; nation; new; north; number; object; occasion; officers; opinion; order; party; people; philadelphia; place; plan; point; power; present; president; public; purpose; resolution; respect; right; river; said; secretary; service; sir; situation; south; subject; success; system; time; treaty; troops; union; united states; virginia; war; washington; way; york cache: 8145.txt plain text: 8145.txt item: #36 of 36 id: 896 author: Adams, John Quincy title: The Jubilee of the Constitution Delivered at New York, April 30, 1839, Before the New York Historical Society date: None words: 8796 flesch: 45 summary: The recipient party, invested with power, is the United Colonies, declared United States. They were the productions of different minds and of adverse passions; one, ascending for the foundation of human government to the laws of nature and of God, written upon the heart of man; the other, resting upon the basis of human institutions, and prescriptive law, and colonial charter. keywords: authority; colonies; country; day; declaration; government; independence; man; nature; people; power; principles; states; union; united cache: 896.txt plain text: 896.txt