 | Benson John Lossing - 1873 - 548 pages
...else was that my husband was out of all danger. " As soon as we had finished dinner, he [SchuylerJ invited me to take up my residence at his house, which...husband what I should do. He sent me word to accept the invita. tion ; and, as it was two days' journey from where we were, and already five o'clock in the... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - United States - 1876 - 350 pages
...kindly came up, and said to me, " It may be embarrassing to you to dine with all these gentlemen. Come now with your children into my tent, where I will...house, which was situated in Albany, and told me that Gen. Burgoyne would also be there. I sent, and asked my husband what I should do. He sent me word to... | |
 | Sarah Butler Wister, Agnes Irwin - Women - 1877 - 342 pages
...finished dinner, he invited me to take up my residence at his house, which was situated in Albany. I sent and asked my husband what I should do. He sent me word to accept the invitation. General Schuyler was so obliging as to send with me a French officer, who was a very agreeable man.... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - 1903 - 302 pages
...beef steaks, potatoes, good butter and bread. Never have I eaten a better meal. I was content. ... As soon as we had finished dinner, he invited me to...told me that General Burgoyne would also be there. . The day after this we arrived at Albany, where we had so often longed to be. But we came not, as... | |
 | Albany (N.Y.) - 1906 - 1328 pages
...I eaten a better meal. I was content. * * * As soon as we had finished dinner he invited me to make my residence at his house, which was situated in Albany, and told me that General Burgoyne should be there." Oct. 17. 1777. effective militia men and 9,093 Continentals, making a total of over... | |
 | Francis Josiah Hudleston - Revolutionaries - 1927 - 408 pages
...everything else was, that my husband was out of all danger. As soon as we had finished, he (Schuyler) invited me to take up my residence at his house, which was situated at Albany, and told me, that General Burgoyne would be there also. I sent and asked my husband what... | |
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I saw that all around me were so likewise; but that which rejoiced me more than everything else was, that my husband was out of all danger. As soon as we had finished dinner, he invited me to take up my residence at his house, which was situated in Albany,... 