...towards me and orderd the Scuttle to be laid down, which Woodgate one of the Boats Crew...
2Notes of Witnesses’ Testimony concerning the Canadian Compaign, [1–27 July 1776] (Jefferson Papers)
...left the army and went up to Montreal without orders from the general. He has heard that...
3General Orders, 23 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
...s express orders that if any man attempt to skulk, lay down, or retreat without Orders he be...
4To Benjamin Franklin from John Paul Jones, 27 October [i.e., November] 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...ignominious a Torment; and I would now lay down my life rather than return to America...
5From George Washington to William Pearce, 23 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
...from flying from one thing to another without order or system; and thereby judging whether...
6To John Adams from Timothy Pickering, 9 October 1797 (Adams Papers)
..., that the two Governors had been acting without orders from home: but expecting (as the...
7From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 4 August 1809 (Adams Papers)
...lead others to a good end, he must lay down his principles and digest his plan. He...