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Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 3
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From Major-General Greene.
Camp, 5 October, 1780.
SIR,
A new disposition of the army going to be made, and an officer appointed to the command of West Point and the district on the east side of the North River, I take the liberty just to intimate my inclinations for the appointment. Your Excellency will judge of the propriety, and determine as the honor of the army and the good of the service may require.
I hope there is nothing indelicate or improper in the application. I am prompted to the measure from the feelings incident to the human heart, as well as encouraged in the hope that it would meet your approbation, from the flattering manner in which you have been pleased to speak of my conduct upon different occasions. I shall make use of no arguments, being persuaded my pretensions and inclinations will have their full operation, and that nothing short of the public good and military prosperity will contravene my wishes.
My first object is the freedom and happiness of my country. With these, your Excellency’s reputation and glory are inseparably connected; and as it has been my constant wish, so it shall be my future endeavour, to promote the establishment of both.
I am, &c.
NATHANAEL GREENE.
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Chicago: Nathanael Greene, "From Major-General Greene.," Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 3 in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, ed. Jared Sparks (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1853), 106–107. Original Sources, accessed December 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U5HK2IWHDTP5WS6.
MLA: Greene, Nathanael. "From Major-General Greene." Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 3, in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, edited by Jared Sparks, Vol. 3, Freeport, NY, Books for Libraries Press, 1853, pp. 106–107. Original Sources. 4 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U5HK2IWHDTP5WS6.
Harvard: Greene, N, 'From Major-General Greene.' in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 3. cited in 1853, Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, ed. , Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, NY, pp.106–107. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U5HK2IWHDTP5WS6.
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