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At length, however, to his very great joy, a proposal was made to him from Munich to write a grand opera for the Carnival of 1781. It was "Idomeneo, Konig von Greta." At the beginning of November he once more set off to Munich in order to "prepare an exact fit," on the spot, of the different songs in the opera for the singers, and to rehearse and practise everything with them.
The success that attended William Davidson's masting operations led Messrs. Hazen and White to engage in the same business. They were fortunate enough to secure the co-operation of Colonel Francklin, with whom they entered into partnership in the summer of 1781 for general trade and "masting."
As in the case of Tobago, Rodney severely blamed the local defence, and very possibly justly; but attention should not wander from the effect that must have been produced upon all subsequent conditions by preparation and action on the part of the British fleet, in the spring of 1781, on the lines then favored by Hood.
Henry Clay was one of thirteen or fourteen brothers and sisters, while Thomas Marshall, the father of the Chief Justice, carried ten or twelve children with him to his Western home about the year 1781. But the sorrows of the pioneer women and the waste of human material were extraordinary.
In 1781, despairing of farming, he went to Irvine to learn flax-dressing with a relative. He was diligent at first, but misfortune soon overtook him. The shop where he was engaged caught fire, and he "was left, like a true poet, not worth a sixpence." Gilbert Burns dates a serious change in his character and conduct from this six months' residence in the seaport town.
Viomenil and Steuben. On board the Dolphin, March 9th, 1781. MY DEAR GENERAL, Here I am at the mouth of Elk River, and the fleet under my command will proceed to Annapolis, where I am assured they can go without danger.
In October, 1781, Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. This event was received in Kentucky, as in other parts of the country, with great joy. The power of Britain was supposed to be broken, or at least so much crippled, that they would not be in a condition to assist their Indian allies, as they had previously done.
I am not sensible of any inconvenience it can be attended with, and I therefore hope for your concurrence. I should be glad, as soon as possible, to hear from you on the subject. I have the honor to be, etc., George Washington. To this letter, written in January, Admiral Arbuthnot did not reply until the latter part of April. He then wrote: Royal Oak Office April 2lst. 1781.
* MS. p. 55. General Greene assumes Command of the Southern Army His Correspondence with Marion Condition of the Country Marion and Lee surprise Georgetown Col. Horry defeats Gainey Marion pursues McIlraith Proposed Pitched Battle between Picked Men. The year 1781 opened, with new interest, the great drama of war in South Carolina.
Only in the dire crises of Summer 1781 was it even a remote possibility. The most direct threat to Virginia in these early years was on the seas. To meet that threat Virginia established a state navy in 1776.
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