 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 760 Seiten
...Canada this year as far as the neighborhood of Quebec, would be a mere matter of marching, and would give us experience for the attack of Halifax the next,...expulsion of England from the American Continent." These anticipations may appear to have been without reasonable foundation, in view of the result. It... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 764 Seiten
...construction of which he thought was unknown to the English. lie wrote to Duane (now Colonel Duane), that " the acquisition of Canada this year as far as the neighborhood of Quebec, would be a mere matter of marching, and would give us experience for the attack of Halifax the next,... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 916 Seiten
...construction of which he thought was unknown to the English. He wrote to Duane (now Colonel Duane), that " the acquisition of Canada this year as far as the neighborhood of Quebec, would be a mere matter of marching, and would give us experience for the attack of Halifax the next,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1859 - 636 Seiten
...esteem and respect. TO COLONEL DUANE. MONTICELLO, August 4, 1812. DEAR Sra, — Your favor of the 17th ult. came duly to hand, and I have to thank you for...continent. Halifax once taken, every cock-boat of hers must wturn to England for repairs. Their fleet will annihilate our public force on the water, but our privateers... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1883 - 388 Seiten
...said, " this year, as far as the neighborhood of Quebec, would be a mere matter of marching, and would give us experience for the attack of Halifax the next,...expulsion of England from the American continent." Of course he showed his native incapacity for military affairs. " The partisans of England here," he... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1890 - 536 Seiten
...because, even as late as August 4, he had written with entire confidence to the same correspondent that " the acquisition of Canada this year, as far as the...expulsion of England from the American continent." Perhaps the same expectation explained the conduct of Hull, Madison, Eustis, and Dearborn ; yet at... | |
 | William Kingsford - 1895 - 650 Seiten
...to himself. Jefferson wrote " that the acquisition of Canada this year as far as the neighbourhood of Quebec, will be a mere matter of marching, and...experience for the attack of Halifax the next, and final expulsion of England from the American continent." Dearborn wrote " at all events we must calculate... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1504 Seiten
...of Campobello, &c., in the bay of Passamaquoddy. — ANAS. FORD ED., i, 326. (July I807.Î 1093. . The acquisition of Canada this year, as far as the...expulsion of England from the American continent. — To WILLIAM DUANE. vi, 75. FORD ED., ix, 366. (M., Aug. 1812.) 1094. . Our present enemy will 1095.... | |
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The acquisition of Canada this year, as far as the neighborhood of Quebec, will be a mere matter of marching, and will give us experience for the attack of Halifax the next, and the final expulsion of England from the American continent. 
