 | 1791 - 822 pages
...have now the painful talk to give you an account of as warm, and as unfortunate an action as almoft any that has been fought, in which every corps was engaged and worfted, except the hrft regiment, that had been detached upon a lervice I had the honour to inform... | |
 | Henry Trumbull - 1812 - 204 pages
...CLAIR. sr fas INDIANS, 1791. . ST. CLAIR TO THE SECRETARY oy " Fort Washington, Nov. 9, 1791, "six, " YESTERDAY afternoon the remains of the army under...this place, and I have now the painful task to give an account of a warm, and as unfortunate an action as almost any that has been foughti in which every... | |
 | Henry Trumbull - 1846 - 354 pages
...will be given in his own words, which is taken from his letter to the secretary of war. " Yesterday, the remains of the army under my command got back to this place, (Fort Washington ;) and I have now the painful task to give an account of a warm and as unfortunate... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - 1848 - 782 pages
...directions. To the Hon. Major Gen. Knox, Secretary of War. FORT WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 1791. SIR : — Yesterday afternoon the remains of the army under...this place, and I have now the painful task to give yon an account of as warm and unfortunate an action as almost any that ha been fought, in which every... | |
 | John Alexander McClung - 1852 - 344 pages
...see him so long dying." ST. CLAIR'S OFFICIAL LETTER. Fort Washington, November 9, 1791. " SIR : — Yesterday afternoon the remains of the army under...this place, and I have now the painful task to give an account of a warm, and as unfortunate an action as almost any that has been fought, in which every... | |
 | Henry Trumbull, Mrs. Johnson (Susannah Willard), Zadock Steele - 1854 - 294 pages
...WAR. FORT WASHIKGTON, November 9, 1791. SIB, — Yesterday afternoon the remains of the army tinder my command got back to this place ; and I have now the painful task to give an account of as warm and as unfortunate an action as almost any that has been fought, in which every... | |
 | John Frost - 1856 - 458 pages
...INDIANS, 1791. GENERAL 8T. CI.AIK TO THE SKOKKTAKY OF WAR. PORT WASHINGTON, November 9, 1791. SIR, — Yesterday afternoon the remains of the army under...this place ; and I have now the painful task to give an account of as warm and as unfortunate an action as almost any that has been fought, in which every... | |
 | John Frost - 1857 - 444 pages
...INDIANS, 1791. GC.VKKAI, ST. CLAIB TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR. FORT WASHINGTON, November 9, 1791. SIB, — Yesterday afternoon the remains of the army under...this place ; and I have now the painful .task to give an account of as warm and as unfortunate an action as almost any that has been fought, in which every... | |
 | John Alexander McClung - 1872 - 450 pages
...grieved to see him so long dying." ST. CLAIR'S OFFICIAL LETTER. "FORT WASHINGTON, November 9, 1791. "Sir: Yesterday afternoon the remains of the army under...this place, and I have now the painful task to give an account of a warm and as unfortunate an action as almost any that has been fought, in which every... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1881 - 682 pages
...had. GENERAL ST. CLAIR TO T1re SECRETARY OF WAR. FORT WASHINGTON, 9th November, 1791. Sir:—Yesterday afternoon the remains of the army under my command...painful task to give you an account of as warm and as unfortunate an action as almost any that has been fought, in which every corps was engaged and worsted,... | |
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Yesterday afternoon the remains of the army under my command got back to this place, and I have now the painful task to give an account of a warm, and as unfortunate an action as almost any that has been fought, in which every corps was engaged and worsted,... 
