The Writings of Samuel Adams, Vol. 4: 1778-1802 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Writings of Samuel Adams, Vol. 4: 1778-1802My dear SirI had the Pleasure of receiving your Letter dated at York the 23d of Nov. last, which mentions your having before written to me by a young Gent. Capt. Romane who was to pass through this Place in his Return to France. That Letter has not yet come to Hand. I shall regard all your Recommendations with the utmost Respect.Our military Affairs in the middle Department are in such a Situation as to afford us too much Reason to be chagrind. We have indeed suffer'd no shameful Defeats, but a promising Campaign has however ended ingloriously. To what are we to attribute it? I believe to a miserable Set of General Officers. I mean to make some Exceptions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.