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Their writings assume more than dramatic or patriotic interest because of their conviction that the struggle in which they were involved was neither selfish nor parochial but, rather, as Washington in his last wartime circular reminded his fellow countrymen, that `` with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved ''.
His collaboration with Washington, begun when he was the general's aide during the Revolution, was resumed when he entered the first Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury.
Their social status was achieved in some cases by birth, as with Washington, Jefferson and Jay ; ;
This new force, love of country, super-imposed upon -- if not displacing -- affectionate ties to one's own state, was epitomized by Washington.
she also went to Washington and appealed to Senator George William Norris of Nebraska, the Fighting Liberal, from whose office a sympathetic but cautious harrumphing was heard.
As a result, he was sent to a hospital in Arizona until his health improved enough for him to come back to Washington to work in the Government service.
But again, there was danger that his lungs would suffer in the muggy Washington weather, and he had to return to the dry climate of the West to live and work.
There can be little doubt that there was a conspiracy in Washington, overt or implied, to block anything Hearst wanted, even if it was something good.
Nathanael Greene told Washington that `` Lafayette was charmed with the spirited behavior of the militia and riflemen ''.
The Americans lost forty-four men, among them Major Joseph Morris of Morgan's regiment, an officer who was regarded with high esteem and affection, not only by his commander, but by Washington and Lafayette as well.
Apparently still sensitive about the idea with which General Gates had approached him at Saratoga, namely, that George Washington be replaced, Morgan was vehement in his support of the commander-in-chief during the campaign around Philadelphia.
But Morgan did not leave before he had written a letter to a William Pickman in Salem, Massachusetts, apparently an acquaintance, praising Washington and saying that the slanders propagated about him were `` opposed by the general current of the people to exalt General Gates at the expense of General Washington was injurious to the latter.
His fellow Virginian, George Washington, had stated, `` I believe no event was ever received with more heartfelt joy ''.
Washington evidently was anxious for Morgan to be cautious as well as aggressive, for on May 17th, 18th and 20th he admonished the leader of the riflemen-rangers to be on the alert.
It was Baker, working through Provost Marshal Enoch Crowder and Major Hugh S. ( `` Old Ironpants '' ) Johnson, who arranged for a secret printing by the million of selective service blanks -- again before the Act was passed -- until corridors in the Government Printing Office were full and the basement of the Washington Post Office was stacked to the ceiling.
Fosdick insisted that a strong word was needed from Washington, and it was immediately forthcoming.
`` This whole Washington venture was my last gesture, and it has failed.
The House was his habitat and there he flourished, first as a young representative, then as a forceful committee chairman, and finally in the post for which he seemed intended from birth, Speaker of the House, and second most powerful man in Washington.
When it was not, one of the great dramas of Washington would be presented.

Washington and incorporated
* Berliner Gramophone, incorporated by Emile Berliner in 1892 in Washington, D. C. as the United States Gramophone Company
* 1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
* 1802 – Washington, D. C. is incorporated as a city.
* January 28 – The city of Olympia is incorporated in the Territory of Washington in the United States of America.
The western portions of Maryland ( including present Washington County ) were incorporated into Prince George's County in 1696.
Havre de Grace, an incorporated city in Harford County, was once under consideration to be the capital of the United States rather than Washington, D. C ..
The paper is published twice a week under the auspices of Washington University Student Media, Inc., an independent non-for-profit organization incorporated in 1999.
Missoula County, Washington Territory was incorporated in 1860.
Somerset is an incorporated town within Chevy Chase in Montgomery County, Maryland, near its border with Washington, D. C ..
In 1937 the Washington Grove Camp Meeting Association was dissolved, and the community was incorporated as a town.
The town was originally incorporated in 1922 and is named after the Brentwood estate built in 1817 by Robert Brent in Northeast Washington, DC.
In 1912, the Capitol Cemetery of Prince George's County was incorporated on the Washington, D. C., boundary line.
Mount Washington was first settled in 1692 and was officially incorporated in 1779.
Washington was first settled in 1760 and was officially incorporated in 1777.
On December 13, 1776, the newly established American revolutionary government incorporated the town as " Washington ", after George Washingtonthe first named in his honor.
The area was incorporated as Hillsdale Township on March 25, 1898, from portions of Washington Township, which had, in turn, been set off from Harrington Township in 1840.
Montvale was incorporated as a borough on August 31, 1894, from portions of Orvil Township and Washington Township, at the height of the " Boroughitis " craze then sweeping through Bergen County that led to the creation of over two dozen new municipalities in the county in that one year alone.
Westwood was officially incorporated as a borough on May 8, 1894, from portions of Washington Township, early during the " Boroughitis " phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County.
The borough was originally incorporated as the Borough of Woodcliff, on August 31, 1894, at the height of the " Boroughitis " phenomenon sweeping through Bergen County at the time, from parts of Orvil Township and Washington Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier.
Shamong was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 19, 1852, from portions of Medford Township, Southampton Township and Washington Township.
Washington was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 19, 1802, from portions of Evesham Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and Northampton Township ( now known as Mount Holly Township, New Jersey ).
Woodland was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 7, 1866, from portions of Pemberton Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township and Washington Township.
Washington Township was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 17, 1836, from portions of Deptford Township.

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