Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . GEORGE WYTHE never lived jeffersons opinion of mason and wythe. 91 the arrangement of his matter, learned and logical in theuse of it, and of great urbanity in debate; not quick ofapprehension, but with a little time profound in penetra-tion, and sound in conclusion. In his philosophy he was firm, and neither troublingnor perhaps trusting any one with his religious creed, heleft the world to the conclusion that that religion must begood which could produce a life of such exemplary virtue. Hi
Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . GEORGE WYTHE never lived jeffersons opinion of mason and wythe. 91 the arrangement of his matter, learned and logical in theuse of it, and of great urbanity in debate; not quick ofapprehension, but with a little time profound in penetra-tion, and sound in conclusion. In his philosophy he was firm, and neither troublingnor perhaps trusting any one with his religious creed, heleft the world to the conclusion that that religion must begood which could produce a life of such exemplary virtue. His stature was of the middle size, well formed andproportioned, and the features of his face were manly,comely, and engaging. Such was George Wythe, thehonor of his own, and the modt ! of future These distinguished gentlemen were in consultation uponthe subject of the contemplated campaign for several weeks,and Clark records in his memoir that every inquiry wasmade into his proposed plan of operations, and particularlythat of a retreat, in case of misfortune, across the Missis-sippi into the Spanish territory. It might be inferred that(Messrs. Jefferson, Wythe and Mason were regular raem-l bers of the council of Virginia, but they were not,*as will be ^seen from the proceedings of that body of Friday, January2, 1778, which seems to have been the day the proposedexpedition against Kaskaskia, was formally communi- *Jefferson and Mason, however, were members of the Virginia General As- Isembly, and probably Wythe also. 92 ACTION OF THE VIRGINIA COUNCIL. J cated by the governor to the council and approved—thesame to be set on foot with as little delay and as muchsecrecy as possible. For that purpose the governor wasto issue his warrant upon the treasurer for twelve hun-/ dred p
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