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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 4: (search)
hile it was pining from their delinquency, Lee, then second in command, was treacherously plotting its ruin. His loud faultfinding was rebuked by the general for its very mischievous tendency. Washington's Writings, v. 404, 406, 407. To secure to the British a retreat on velvet, Clinton, in Anbury's Travels, II. 382. he had the effrontery to assert that, on leaving Philadelphia, they would move to the south. But the attempt to mislead Washington was fruitless. In a council on the seventeenth, Lee advised that it would not be safe to attack the British, and carried with him all the officers except Greene, Lafayette, Wayne, and Cadwalader. Unmoved by the apathy of so many, Washington crossed the Delaware sixteen miles above Trenton, and de- Chap. IV.} 1778. June 24. taching Maxwell's brigade of nine hundred to assist a party of a thousand Jersey militia in destroying the roads, and Morgan with a corps of six hundred to hang upon the enemy's right, he moved with the main army
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 9: (search)
looks the falls of the Ohio; and, when in 1781 a son was born to him, Pennsylvania commemorated the event in the name of one of its counties. In later years, could the voice of the United States have been heard, he and Chap. IX.} 1779. his wife and children would have been saved, and welcomed to their country as an asylum. On the same day, congress solicited supplies from France to the value of nearly three millions of dollars, to be paid for, with interest, after the peace. On the seventeenth, performing a great day's work, June 17. it went through the remainder of the report of its committee. The independence or cession of Nova Scotia was waived; nor was the acquisition of the Bermudas to be mooted. A proposal to yield the right to trade with the East Indies was promptly thrown out. A clause stipulating not to engage in the slave-trade was rejected by a unanimous vote of twelve states, Georgia being absent; Gerry and Jay alone dissenting. The committee proposed to bind
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 15: (search)
xample of his chief. On the nineteenth, American officers, coming into 19. Charlotte, placed their hopes of a happier turn of events on Sumpter, who commanded the largest American force that now remained in the Carolinas. That detachment had on the fifteenth captured 15. more than forty British wagons laden with stores, and secured more than a hundred prisoners. On 16. hearing of the misfortunes of the army of Gates, Sumpter retreated slowly and carelessly up the Wateree. On the seventeenth, he remained through 17. the whole night at Rocky Mount, though he knew that the British were on the opposite side of the river, and in possession of boats and the ford. On the eighteenth, he advanced only eight miles; and 18. on the north bank of Fishing creek, at bright midday, his troops stacked their arms; some took repose; some went to the river to bathe; some strolled in search of supplies; and Sumpter himself fell fast Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. asleep in the shade of a wagon. In
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 20: (search)
ral to a union for the protection of neutral trade and navigation. The same invitation, said the envoy, has been made to the courts of Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Lisbon, in order that by the joint endeavors of all neutral maritime powers a natural system, founded on justice, may be established as a rule for future ages. The states-general desired to join in the defensive association, but the stadholder, under English influence, contrived to make delay. England acted promptly. On the seventeenth, an 17. order of the sing in council suspended all treaties between the two countries, and threw back the Netherlands upon their rights under the law of nations. In consequence of this order in council, Dutch ships were taken into English ports and condemned by the admiralty, on the principle that French harbors being naturally blockaded by those of England Dutch ships had no right to sail near them. Of the belligerents the honor of making the first answer to the Russian declaration
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 25: (search)
ment Gerry wrote from Massachusetts to Jay: You will soon have the pleasure of hearing of the capture of Lord Cornwallis and his army. Nothing can save Cornwallis, said Greene, but a rapid retreat through North Carolina to Charleston. On the seventeenth, Cornwallis reported to Clinton: This place is in no state of defence. If you cannot relieve me very soon, you must be prepared to hear the worst. On that same day, a Chap. XXV.} 1781 Sept. council of war, held by Clinton at New York, decid two of the American; but on the quick advance of the guards in the trenches they retreated precipitately. The spikes were easily extracted; and in six hours the cannon again took part in the fire which enfiladed the British works. On the seventeenth, Cornwallis, who could neither Chap. XXV.} 1781. Oct. 18. hold his post nor escape into the country, proposed to surrender. On the eighteenth, Colonel Laurens and the Viscount de Noailles as commissioners on the American side met two high of
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 26: (search)
he spirit of liberty in its people, who had retained in their own hands the election of their regencies, declared in favor of receiving the American envoy; and its vote was the index of the opinion of the nation. A month later, the states of Hol- March 28. land, yielding to petitions from all the principal towns, followed the example. Zealand adhered on the fourth of April; Overyssel, on the fifth; Gronin- April 4. gen, on the ninth; Utrecht, on the tenth; and 10. Guelderland, on the seventeenth. On the day which 17. chanced to be the seventh anniversary of the battle 19. of Lexington, their High Mightinesses, the statesgeneral, reporting the unanimous decision of the seven provinces, resolved that John Adams should be received. The Dutch republic was the second power in the Chap. XXVI.} 1782. world to recognise the independence of the United States of America, and the act proceeded from its heroic sympathy with a young people struggling against oppression, after the examp
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 29: (search)
e Count de Vergennes, and you. I shall be as pacific in negotiating as I shall be active for war, if war must be continued, he added, on 14. the fourteenth. Rayneval replied: Count de Vergennes will, without ceasing, preach justice and moderation. It is his own code, and it is that of the king. On the fifteenth, they both came up to Lon- 15. don, where, on the sixteenth, Rayneval met Lord 16. Grantham. Nothing could be more decided than his refusal to treat about Gibraltar. On the seventeenth, 17. in bidding farewell to Rayneval, Shelburne said, in the most serious tone and the most courteous manner: have been deeply touched by everything you have said to me about the character of the king of France, his principles of justice and moderation, his love of peace. I wish, not only to re-establish peace between the two nations and the two sovereigns, but to bring them to a cordiality which will constitute their reciprocal happiness. Not only are they not natural enemies, as men