1To George Washington from Joseph Nourse, 20 February 1778 (Washington Papers)
Daniel Batwell was an Anglican minister, educated at Cambridge University, who arrived in America in 1774 to work for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He received a 200–acre farm near Carlisle from the Pennsylvania government and based his activities in York and Cumberland counties....
2To George Washington from Henry Laurens, 5 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
Ralph Izard (c.1741–1804), a prominent South Carolina planter, was educated at Cambridge University in England. He moved to London with his family in 1771 and remained there until 1776, when he attempted to return to America by way of France. While waiting in Paris for passage, however, he received word...
3To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 7 February 1783 (Madison Papers)
Randolph probably had in mind Ralph Wormeley, Jr. (1744–1806). After several years of study at Eton College and Cambridge University, Ralph, Jr., returned to Rosegill, his father’s plantation fronting the Rappahannock River in Middlesex County. In 1775, having served for four years in the Governor’s Council and being critical of both the Loyalists and...