Nogales international., 1931-03-07
" ashington
"Key Man. of
Revolution

ians in America at the time of the
revolution considered George Wash
ington the "key man" of the war.
Letters in the collection. Of pa
pers of Lord George Germain, re-
Gently brought to the William
Clements library at Ann Arbor.
Mich, by Regent w. l.. Clements.
contain many references to the
American leader.
Many of the letters present to
Lord Germain the thought that
Washington might conclude to end
the war if properly approached
using that term in its modern
meaning. No suggestion is made
at any time in the letters that any
of these suggestions were acted
! anon or that Washington was
aware of their existence.
Monk Case Cited.
That Washington should be al
lowed to see the resemblance be-
! tween his own case and that of
George Monk, who. following the
death of Cromwell. so maneuvered
things that Charles III regained his
crown as king of England. was sug-
| gested in letter written in IT'S
by Sir John Dalrymple.
From all accOumtS of General
Washington's character there is a
resemblance between his character
and General Monks. for he is ST.
lent keens his MIND to himself.
has plain understanding, and is q
man of principle" was Sir Johns
description.
Besides this, he has no son,
daughter, brother or sister, so that
his ambition must be limited to
himself. Charles II owed his king
dom to the personal application of
Monk, delivered by one of Monk
own friends.
might not the ministers, treat
ing by the kings command, or the
king himself, write a private letter
to Washington to remind him Of
the similarity between his situation
and Monks, desiring him to ask
terms for America fair and just,
and they should be granted, and
that the terms for himself should
he the dukedOm that was given to
Monk, and a revenue to support it
in order to give dignity to the man
who generously gave up his own
power to save his country.
Go-Between Named.
eff the minister has not man
whom he can trust with such Il
commission, | can find one l mean
Mr.. Lloyd Delaney, the bosom
friend of General Washington, Il
man of fortune in Maryland, now
in London; two of whose family
are now with General Howe, and
who has given proof Of his secrecy,
as he was one of those who knew
of a scheme of mine relating to the
paper money of America
Monks reward from Charles II.
mentioned by Dalrymple, was the
title of baron, earl of Torrington
and the duke of Albemarle. The
titles carried a pension of seven
thousand pounds a year. a prince
ly sum in the days of Charles II
and also of Washington. The pat
ent of nobility accorded Monk the
honor of being "victor without
, blOOdShed."
"Not Equal to Stratagems."
Honest but not equal to strata
, gems is the opinion held of Wash
ington by Jonathan Boucher, Balti-
more, writing November q, 1775.
81 know him we'll and can say of
him what l can Of few of his COM
peers: That 1 believe him an hon.
est man." says Boucher in letter
discussing the Colonies. I'm mill
tary line it is not possible his merit
can be considerable. He will, how
ever, atone for many demerits by
the extraordinary coolness and eau
ton which distinguishes his char.
acter. With but little personal ex-
perience and still less reading, a
thousand difficulties must daily oc-
cur to him. He should he piled
, with these; | mean he should be
, perpleXed and confounded with
stratagemS. In a regular action he
,, may by his steadiness and extreme
care acquit himself well, but
5 against the maneuvers of art 1 am
! satisfied he is defenseleSS."
7 Urges Purchase With Honors.
Writing in 1880, when much OF
: the War of the Revolution had
, been fought, Sir George Sidney, ar
admiral stationed at some port III
the West Indies, suggested honors
as a means of the purchase OF
! Washington. He also makes sug