The Life of George Washington. John Marshall

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[238] The committee which prepared this eloquent and manly address, were Mr. Lee, Mr. Livingston, and Mr. Jay. The composition has been generally attributed to Mr. Jay.

[239] The committee which brought in this admirably well drawn, and truly conciliatory address, were Mr. Lee, Mr. John Adams, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Henry, Mr. Rutledge, and Mr. Dickinson. The original composition has been generally attributed to Mr. Dickinson.

[240] Mr. Lee, Mr. Livingston, and Mr. Jay, were also the committee who brought in this address.

[241] These letters, as well as that to the inhabitants of the province of Quebec, were prepared by Mr. Cushing, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Dickinson.

[242] Minot.

[243] Belsham.

[244] Belsham.

[245] Prior documents. Minot.

[246] The independent companies of the upper part of the northern neck, also assembled to the number of about six hundred men, and proceeded on horseback as far as Fredericksburg, when a council was held in which Richard Henry Lee, then on his way to congress, presided, which advised their return to their respective homes.

[247] Gordon.

[248] Journals of congress.

[249] Artemus Ward of Massachusetts, then commanding the troops before Boston; Colonel Charles Lee, lately an officer in the British service; and Israel Putnam of Connecticut, were appointed major generals; Horatio Gates, who had held the rank of major in the British service, was appointed adjutant general.

      Volume 2

       Table of Contents

Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I.

       CHAPTER II.

       CHAPTER III.

       CHAPTER IV.

       CHAPTER V.

       CHAPTER VI.

       CHAPTER VII.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       CHAPTER IX.

       CHAPTER X.

       CHAPTER XI.

       NOTES.

       NOTE—No. I. See Page 5.

       NOTE—No. II. See Page 10.

       NOTE—No. III. See Page 51.

       NOTE—No. IV. See Page 54.

       NOTE—No. V. See Page 78.

       NOTE—No. VI. See Page 153.

       NOTE—No. VII. See Page 229.

       NOTE—No. VIII. See Page 268.

       NOTE—No. IX. See Page 382.

       NOTE—No. X. See Page 405.

       NOTE—No. XI. See Page 414.

       NOTE—No. XII. See Page 417.

       NOTE—No. XIII. See Page 456.

       FOOTNOTES

      CHAPTER I.

       Table of Contents

      Birth of Mr. Washington. … His mission to the French on the Ohio. … Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment of regular troops. … Surprises Monsieur Jumonville. … Capitulation of fort Necessity. … Is appointed aid-de-camp to General Braddock. … Defeat and death of that general. … Is appointed to the command of a regiment. … Extreme distress of the frontiers, and exertions of Colonel Washington to augment the regular forces of the colony. … Expedition against fort Du Quesne. … Defeat of Major Grant. … Fort Du Quesne evacuated by the French, and taken possession of by the English. … Resignation of Colonel Washington. … His marriage.

      1732

      Birth of Mr. Washington.

      George Washington, the third son of Augustine Washington,

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