...bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." " Few tragedies ever drew so many tears from so many beautiful eyes," says a writer who was present,...

...bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." 7. Upon accepting his commission, Congress, through their president, expressed, in glowing language,...

...bidding an affectionate leave of this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." Never were words uttered with more entire sincerity. He reached his home on Christmas Eve, and we can...

...bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." This address being ended, General Washington advanced and delivered his commission into the hands of...

...bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. (The Continental Congress, standing and shouting in concert, "Long live General George Washington!...

...the great theater of action. And, hidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. (Hands his commission to President, who receives it.) MiFFLiN.1 Sir, — The United States, in Congress...

...an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission and take my leave of all the employments of public life. He then placed the commission in President Mifflin's hands, and remained standing while General Miffiin made...

...an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." When the war was over, his influence with both officers and soldiers gave his patriotism its severest...

...bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." A writer who was present, speaking of this scene, says, "Pew tragedies ever drew so many tears from...

...an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission and take my leave of all the employments of public life." Washington then handed his commission to President Mifflin, who made a suitable reply, and the simple...