Quote#Books & Reading
August olst. Camp Tiverton. I wrote the foregoing, and intended to…
Quote byNathanael Greene · 1742–1786
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to George Washington (August 1778).
English (original)
August olst. Camp Tiverton. I wrote the foregoing, and intended to have sent it by the express that went off in the morning, but while I was writing, I was informed the express was gone; and the change of situation and round of events that have since taken place, have prevented my forwarding what I had wrote, as matters seemed to be coming to a crisis.
— Nathanael Greene
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