George Rogers Clark Quote

I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and for them to suffer me to remain in poverty, in consequence of it, will not redound much to their honor hereafter.


Letter to General Jonathan Clark, George's elder brother (1792-05-11), from William Hayden English, Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778–1783, and Life of Gen. George Rogers Clark (1896), vol. 2, p. 789


I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and for them to suffer me to remain in poverty, in consequence of it, will not...

I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and for them to suffer me to remain in poverty, in consequence of it, will not...

I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and for them to suffer me to remain in poverty, in consequence of it, will not...

I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and for them to suffer me to remain in poverty, in consequence of it, will not...