The magazine of history with notes and queries (Vol. I, No. 1, January 1905) — John Shaqi
The magazine of history with notes and queries (Vol. I, No. 1, January 1905)Various
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The magazine of history with notes and queries (Vol. I, No. 1, January 1905)
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In 1793 he removed from New York to his native New Brunswick, where he
spent the rest of his life. He was destined, however, to be once more
called to arms; being appointed by Washington, in 1794, to command the
cavalry in the expedition under Henry Lee, against the Western
insurgents; in the delicate management of which duty, he not only won
the esteem and gratitude of the inhabitants of the region which was the
scene of the insurrection, but the gratitude even of the prisoners whom
he was obliged to take to Philadelphia. He then petitioned Congress for
repayment of the large sums he had advanced to the State of Virginia—but
unsuccessfully; and though his last years were clouded by the loss of
almost all the wealth which was once his, he endured the reverses of
fortune with the courage of an ancient Roman. His homestead at New
Brunswick was frequently the resort of the leading men of the day—and
Kosciuszko was there nursed through a severe sickness, by the
unremitting care of Mrs. White and her daughter, which he gratefully
acknowledged, in letters still owned by the great-granddaughter of
General (as he became) White, Miss Bellita Evans of New Brunswick.
General White was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati,[9] his
insignia of which is now owned by his descendant, Mr. Anthony Walton
White Evans.[10]
General White’s grave, in the cemetery of Christ Church, New Brunswick,
is inscribed:
BRIG. GEN. ANTHONY WALTON WHITE,
_who departed this life
on the 10th of February, 1803
in the 53d year of his age,
Rests beneath this monumental stone_.
_He was an affectionate husband, a tender parent, a sincere and
generous friend, a zealous and inflexible Patriot and a faithful,
active and gallant officer in the Army of the United States during the
Revolutionary War._
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