Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 378
in thewhole Continental force(after poor madcap Lee wastaken prisoner and dis-graced), who could speak the Marquiss language, so thatHal could judge the young Major-General more closelyand familiarly than other gentlemen, including theCommander-in-Chief himself. Mr. Washington good-naturedly rated… … Washington as Colonel inVirginia. 332 Historic Scenes in Fiction for him; and had, moreover, the very best politic reasonsfor treating the Marquis with friendship and favor. Meanwhile, as it afterwards turned out, the Com-mander-in-Chief was most urgently pressing ColonelWarringtons promotion upon…
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