 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 578 pages
...p. 164. "October Uth, 1776. — Resolved, That General Washington be desired, if it be practicable, by every art and at whatever expense, to obstruct...River, between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution, as well to prevent the regress of the enemy's frigates lately gone up, as to hinder them from receiving... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 590 pages
...partly in consequence of a resolve of Congress, passed five days before, desiring General Washington, " by every art, and at whatever expense, to obstruct effectually the navigation of the river between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution, as well to prevent the regress of the enemy's... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 588 pages
...partly in consequence of a resolve of Congress, passed five days before, desiring General Washington, « by every art, and at whatever expense, to obstruct effectually the navigation of the river between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution, as well to prevent the regress of the enemy's... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1846 - 474 pages
...principal one was, that he had received a resolution of Congress, two or three days before, desiring him "by every art, and at whatever expense, to obstruct...River between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution." This could not be done without a strong garrison. Secondly, the troops could at any time be withdrawn... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - 1846 - 532 pages
...partly in consequence of a resolve of Congress, passed five days before, desiring General WASHINGTON ' by every art, and at whatever expense, to obstruct effectually the navigation of the river between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution, as well to prcrent the regress of the enemy's... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - United States - 1846 - 534 pages
...partly in consequence of a resolve of Congress, passed five days before, desiring General WASHINGTON ' by every art, and at whatever expense, to obstruct effectually the navigation of the river between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution, as well to prevent the regress of the enemy's... | |
 | William Bradford Reed - United States - 1847 - 466 pages
...words: "October llth, 1776. — Resolved: That General Washington be desired, if it be practicable, by every art, and at whatever expense, to obstruct...River, between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution, as well to prevent the regress of the enemy's frigates lately gone up, as to hinder them from receiving... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1847 - 550 pages
...words : ' October 1 1th, 1776. — Resolved : That General Washington be desired, if it be practicable, by every art, and at whatever expense, to obstruct...River, between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution, as well to prevent the regress of the enemy's frigates lately gone up, as to hinder them from receiving... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1847 - 546 pages
...words : ' October 1 1th, 1776. — Resolved : That General Washington be desired, if it be practicable, by every art, and at whatever expense, to obstruct...River, between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution, as well to prevent the regress of the enemy's frigates lately gone up, as to hinder them from receiving... | |
 | Thaddeus Allen - United States - 1847 - 574 pages
...: October 11. 'Resolved, That General Washington be desired, if it be practicable, by every art and whatever expense, to obstruct effectually the navigation...River, between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution,* as well to prevent the regress of lhe enemy's frigates lately gone up, as to hinder them from receiving... | |
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In the mean time, Congress, on the llth 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 expense, to obstruct effectually... 
