Sir: I have this moment the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date ; in answer to which I have only to say, that, being placed here in the command of a British post, and acting in a military capacity only, I cannot enter into any... Historical Collections - Page 211896Full view - About this book
| William Kingsford - Canada - 1894 - 576 pages
...GENERAL WAYNE. Fort Miamis, 22nd August. 1794. SIR, — I have this moment the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date, in answer...which I have only to say that, being placed here in command of a British post, and acting in a military capacity only, I cannot enter into any discussion,... | |
| Samuel Furman Hunt - History - 1908 - 528 pages
...the troops under my command." Major Campbell instantly replied in effect that he was placed there in command of a British post and acting in a military capacity only, and that the right or propriety of his present position should be left to the ambassadors of the different... | |
| Samuel Furman Hunt - History - 1908 - 530 pages
...the troops under my command." Major Campbell instantly replied in effect that he was placed there in command of a British post and acting in a military capacity only, and that the right or propriety of his present position should be left to the ambassadors of the different... | |
| Great Britain - 1913 - 578 pages
...Major General Wayne. FORT MIAMI, 22d August, 1794. SIR: I have this moment the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date ; in answer...ambassadors of our different nations. Having said this much, permit me to inform you, that I certainly will not abandon this post at the summons of any power whatever,... | |
| Alan D. Gaff - History - 2004 - 458 pages
...sent yet another letter to the general's headquarters: I have this moment the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date — In answer...impropriety, of my occupying my present position, these are matters that I conceive will be best left to the Ambassadors of Our different Nations. Having... | |
| United States - 1895 - 836 pages
...unmolested by the troops under my command." Major Campbell replied in effect that he was placed there in command of a British post, and acting in a military capacity only; that the right or propriety of his present station should be left to the ambassadors of the different... | |
| |