Название: The Life of John Marshall, Volume 1: Frontiersman, soldier, lawmaker, 1755-1788
Автор: Albert J. Beveridge
Издательство: Public Domain
Жанр: Биографии и Мемуары
isbn: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40388
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At this period and long after a State was referred to as "the country."
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Washington to Harrison, Dec. 18, 1778;
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Until after Jefferson's Presidency, our statesmen often spoke of our "empire." Jefferson used the term frequently.
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Washington to Harrison, Dec. 18, 1778;
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"My estate is a large one … to wit upwards of ten thousand acres of valuable land on the navigable parts of the James river and two hundred negroes and not a shilling out of it is or ever was under any incumbrance for debt." (Jefferson to Van Staphorst and Hubbard, Feb. 28, 1790;
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Jefferson to Pendleton, July, 1776;
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Jefferson's
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Tucker, i, 92
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Bloodshed, however, Jefferson thought necessary. See
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See vol. II of this work.
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Jefferson's
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Burnaby to Washington, April 9, 1788;
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See
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Washington to Banister, April 21, 1778;
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Thayer, 12. For camp sports, see Waldo's poem,
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Lossing, ii, 595,
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Marshall, i, 230. And see Hatch's clear account of the training given by this officer (63). To the work of Von Steuben was due the excellent discipline under fire at Monmouth. And see Kapp, already cited; and Bolton, 132. Even Belcher says that our debt to Von Steuben is as great as that to Lafayette. (Belcher, ii, 14.)
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Washington to President of Congress, April 30, 1778;
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See Channing, iii, 286, 288; and Marshall, i, 235, 236.
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Marshall, i, 237.
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Sparks, 267; and Moore's
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Washington to McDougall, May 5, 1778;
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Description by Major André, who took part in this amazing performance, reprinted in
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Trevelyan, iv, 376.
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Marshall, i, 252.
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Marshall speaks of "one thousand select men" under Wayne; Maxwell's division was with Wayne under Lee; Marshall was in the battle, and it seems certain that he was among Wayne's "select men" as on former and later occasions.
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Marshall, i, 252.
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Lafayette to Marshall; Marshall, i, footnote to 255.
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Marshall, i, 254-59.
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For descriptions of the battle of Monmouth see Washington to President of Congress, July 1, 1778;
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Marshall, i, 251-56.
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Girardin follows Marshall in his fair treatment of Lee. (Burk, iv, 290.)
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He was promoted July 1, 1778. (Heitman, 285.)
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The whole patriot army everywhere, except in the extreme south and west, now numbered only sixteen thousand men. (Marshall, i, 306-07.)
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The fullest and most accurate account of the capture of Stony Point, and conditions immediately preceding, is given by Dawson in his
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Binney, in Dillon, iii, 315-16. The care in the selection of the various commands of "light infantry," so often used by Washington after the first year of the war, is well illustrated by his orders in this case. "The officers commanding regiments," runs Washington's orders, "will be particularly careful in the choice of the men… The Adjutant General is desired to pass the men … under critical inspection, and return all who on any account shall appear unfit for this kind of service to their regiments, to be replaced by others whom he shall approve." (Washington's Order Book, iii, 110-11; MS., Lib. Cong.)
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Washington to Wayne (Private and Confidential), July 1, 1779; Dawson, 18-19.
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Dawson, 20. Wayne's demand for sustenance and clothing, however, is amusing. "The Light Corps under my Command," writes Wayne, "… have had but two days fresh Provision … nor more than three days allowance of Rum
Wayne wrote to Washington concerning clothing: "I have an [word illegible] Prejudice in favor of an Elegant Uniform & Soldierly Appearance – … I would much rathar risque my life and Reputation at the Head of the same men in an Attack Clothed & Appointed as I could wish – with a Single Charge of Ammunition – than to take them as they appear in Common with Sixty Rounds of Cartridges." (Dawson, 20-21.)
Washington wrote in reply: "I agree perfectly with you." (
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Marshall, i, 310.
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Wayne's order of battle was as picturesque as it was specific. Officer and private were directed "to fix a Piece of White paper in the most Conspicuous part of his Hat or Cap … their Arms unloaded placing their whole Dependence on the Bayt… If any Soldier presumes to take his Musket from his Shoulder or Attempt to fire or begin the battle until Ordered by his proper Officer he shall be Instantly put to death by the Officer next him… Should any Soldier … attempt to Retreat one Single foot or Sculk in the face of danger, the Officer next to him is Immediately to put him to death." (
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Wayne to Delaney, July 15, 1779; Dawson, 46-47.
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