...designed to answer some good purpose. You might, and I suppose did perceive from the tenor of my letters, that I was apprehensive I could not avoid this appointment,...character to such censures as would have reflected dishonour upon myself, and given pain to my friends. This, I am sure, could not, and ought not, to...

...designed to answer some good purpose. You might, and I suppose did, perceive from the tenor of my letters that I was apprehensive I could not avoid this appointment, as I did not pretend to ultimate when I should return. That was the case. It was utterly out of my power to refuse without...

...designed to answer some good purpose. You might, and I suppose did, perceive from the tenor of my letters that I was apprehensive I could not avoid this appointment,...the case. It was utterly out of my power to refuse without exposing my character to such censures as would have reflected dishonour upon myself and given...

...might, and I suppose did perceive, from the Tenor of my letters," he wrote her after his election, "that I was apprehensive I could not avoid this appointment, as I did not even pretend {t)o intimate when I should return."30 Washington's response to his selection was complex...

...designed to answer some good purpose. You might and, I suppose, did perceive from the tenor of my letters that I was apprehensive I could not avoid this appointment,...appointment, without exposing my character to such censure as would have reflected dishonor upon myself, and have given pain to my friends. This, I am...

...felt in his new position. He had not sought it; he did not want it. But he had seen no way to refuse "without exposing my Character to such censures as...dishonor upon myself, and given pain to my friends." He hoped she would understand and make whatever arrangements she wished until he returned in the falL...

...86 A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 91 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 92 INDEX 94 PROLOGUE I t was utterly out of my power to refuse this appointment without exposing my Character to such censure as would have reflected dishonour upon myself,"1 wrote George Washington to his wife about...

...designd to answer some good purpose. You might, and I suppose did perceive, from the Tenor of my letters, that I was apprehensive I could not avoid this appointment, as I did not even pretend to intimate when I should return — that was the case — it was utterly out of my power...

...his wife telling her of his appointment which "destiny . . . has thrown upon me." He explained that "it was utterly out of my power to refuse this appointment...Character to such censures as would have reflected dishonour upon myself, and given pain to my friends." Surely, he wrote, she would not have wanted him...

...happiness in one month with you at home than l have the most distant prospect of finding abroad lt was utterly out of my power to refuse this appointment, without exposing my character to such censure as would have reflected dishonor upon myself, and have given pain to my friends .... l shall...