Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3.
Chapter 150
sent to Philadelphia by Washington, to confer with Congress, ii. 156; appointed major-general by Congress, ii. 157; ambitious character of, ii. 245, 367, 420; insinuations of, calculated to injure Schuyler, ii. 249; extraordinary powers granted to, by Congress--unpleasant feelings produced in the army by the unusual powers granted to (_note_),