1From George Washington to Major General Charles Lee, 30 May–18 June 1778 (Washington Papers)
Poors, Varnums, & Huntingtons Brigades are to March in one division under your Command to the North River. The Quarter Master General will give you the rout, Incampments, & halting days to which you will conform as strictly as possible to prevent interfering with other Troops and that I may know precisely your situation every day. Leave as few sick & lame on the road as possible such as are...
2May 30. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Dined at home with only Dr. F.’s new french Clerk. He has a smattering of Italian, German and English. He says that the best Italien Dictionary and Grammar are those of Veneroni. The best German Grammar and Dictionary are those of Gottsched. The best french Prosody is the Poetique francoise de Marmontel.
3[May 30. Saturday 1778.] (Adams Papers)
Dr. Franklin, who had no Business to do, or who at least would do none, and who had Mr. William Temple Franklin for his private Secretary, without consulting his Colleagues and indeed without saying a Word to me, who lived in the same house with him and had no private Secretary, though I had all the Business to do, thought fit to take into the Family a French private Secretary, a young Man of...
4Elijah Hall and Others to the Commissioners, 30 May 1778 (Adams Papers)
The Petition and Remonstrance of Us the Subscribers Officers of the american continental Ship of War Ranger humbly sheweth— That our Friend and Brother Officer Lt. Thos. Simpson; was on the 24th of April last sent on board Our Prize the Sloop of War Drake, to take the Command; with this Order among others, to keep within a Cable’s length (or thereabout) on Our starboard Quarter. On the 4th. of...
5The Ranger’s Officers to the American Commissioners, 30 May 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <The Ranger , May 30, 1778: Our friend and fellow officer, Lieut. Thomas Simpson, was sent aboard the Drake on April 24 to command the prize. His orders were to keep close, and on May 4 he was taken in tow. The next morning the Captain gave chase to a ship to leeward, and Mr. Simpson was ordered to cast off and make sail. He misunderstood, along with his...
6To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Trumbull, 30 May 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The Bearer has by our permission engaged to procure a small Font of Letters for the use of Some Printers in this State, and he is recommended to your direction in procuring them. As the Letters founded in France is designed for printing in the French Language, it is uncertain whether, in their Fonts, the number of each particulare Letter is proportioned for...
7To Benjamin Franklin from the Baron de Welffen, 30 May 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <Wiesbaden, near Mainz, May 30, 1778, in French: I ask for suitable employment in your army. For almost thirty years, through the end of the last war, I served the King of Prussia, and then was caught in the general reduction of the forces; in the American service, I am convinced, I shall not suffer such a catastrophe, and my search for success so far away...
8General Orders, 30 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
Commanding officers of Brigades are to appoint a sufficient number of proper Officers to be left in charge of the sick and such others of their respective Brigades as will be unable to march with them in case the Army moves from the present Camp. The Regimental Surgeons will make out and lodge with the Surgeon General of the Flying Hospital exact returns of the sick belonging to their several...
9To George Washington from Colonel Arendt, 30 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
In Order to avoid being troublesome to Your Excellency with my Letters, I have several Times wrote to Baron Stuben, requesting him to acquaint You that my Health was so far restored that I was desirous of resuming my Military Employment, in Case You should think proper to give me any other Post than that of Commanding a Regiment. To convince Your Excellency that it is for very weighty Reasons...
10From George Washington to Landon Carter, 30 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
Your favors of the 10th of March (ended the 20th;) and 7th Instt, came safe to hand after a good deal of delay. I thank you much for your kind and affectionate remembrance & mention of me; & for that sollicitude for my welfare which breathes through the whole of your Letters—were I not warm in my acknowledgments for your distinguished regards, I should feel that sense of ingratitude which I...