1To James Madison from David Jameson, 18–19 November 1780 (Madison Papers)
RC ( LC : Rives Collection of Madison Papers). By Post this week I recd your favour of the 7th. and can offer nothing in excuse for my not enlarging on the subject of the Invasion but that I could only have said something similar to what you had from the Govr. or in Dixons paper We have had nothing worth notice from below for several days past, indeed we are not likely to know what the Enemy...
2From John Adams to Antoine Marie Cerisier, 18 November 1780 (Adams Papers)
I have recieved the letter which You were so good as to write me on the 15th. of this Month. The Translation of the Narrative of Genl. Howe cannot fail to have a good Effect at this critical Moment. The final Independence of America is as certain, as a decree of the Destinies. The only Question is, how much Blood shall be shed and how long Mankind shall be unnecessarily embroiled in the...
3From Alexander Hamilton to Colonel Charles Stewart, [18 November 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
You will see that Mr. Farge is a man in distress. The General has given him an order to draw rations. From his situation he cannot draw them dayly. Can you advance him for two or three months at a time? This is wholly private. Yrs. with great regard ALS , Harvard College Library. Stewart was commissary general of issues. Accompanying this letter is an enclosure written and signed by H which...
4To Benjamin Franklin from Madame Brillon, 18 November 1780 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Il y auroit bien quelques petites choses a redire a votre logique que vous assurés si bonne mon chér papa— Quand j’étois jeune homme distes vous, et que je jouissois plus des faveurs du séxe qu’a présent, je n’avois point de goutte: Donc , on pourroit répondre a cela—quand je me suis jetté par la fenéstre je ne me suis pas cassé la jambe: Donc; vous pouriés...
5To Benjamin Franklin from Jean-Paul Marat, 18 November 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Harvard University Library Je connois vôtre gout pour les Sciences et vôtre amour pour le vrai. D’après la haute opinion que j’ai de vôtre Sagacité et de vôtre impartialité, je ne crains pas de Soumettre à vôtre jugement des experiences nouvelles diametralement opposèes aux idées reçues. Dans le nombre, il en est qui démontrent que le fluide èlectrique n’est pas douè d’une force...
6General Orders, 18 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
[Officers] For the Day Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Huntington[,] Colonel Butler[,] Lieutenant Colonel Johnston[,] Major Alexander[,] Brigade Major Sewall. The General requests that particular attention be paid to the order and cleanliness of the Camp: and to the service of the Guards. Varick transcript , DLC:GW . Capt. Henry Sewall had been authorized to act as brigade major in the general...
7To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 18 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with yours of the 16th Inst. The Officers of the Jersey Brigade assure me on honor that the recruits borne on the return exhibited by them were enlisted Since the Month of March last: I have therefore given them an order for the Cloathing, reducing the Articles of Shirts and Hose to one of the former, and a pair of the latter each. Mr Ludwick has just finished the Ovens,...
8To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 18 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have Receiv’d Three different Accounts from Newyork, and Tho’ the Authorities Are Not Unquestionable I will lay them Before you that we May Compare them with other Accounts. A Man Sent in By dr Burnet Says That part of the Cork fleet is Arriv’d, Betwen twenty and forty Sails—That the Rest is given over for lost —The troops in Newyork about 1500—at Bergen 250—There was an alarm on the 15th at...
9To George Washington from Colonel William Malcom, 18 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am Honord with your Excellencys Letter of the 12th Inst. Altho’ part of the State Troops which were under my Command, have to Serve untill about the Middle of next Month General Clinton give me permission to come down on some bussiness of my own & also to expedite Supply, especially of Beeff for the department—which Co. Hay informs me will very soon be done —I shall return next week to have...
10From George Washington to Francisco Rendon, 18 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with your favr of the 10th Inst. which only came to my hands the last Evening. Admiral Rodney with five or six ships of the Line sailed from the Hook the 15th inst. whether bound to the Eastward to form a junction with Admiral Arbuthnot—to the West Indies—or to the Southward is not ascertained—He took under his Convoy a number of transport ships, but whether they had any...
11From John Jay to Elbridge Gerry, 18 November 1780 (Jay Papers)
I have had the Pleasure of recieving your Favor of the 10 th . July, and am much obliged to you for informing us of the Situation of our Friends in Jersey when you passed thro’ it. Should M r Warren visit Madrid you may rely on his recieving from me every Mark of Attention due to an American, and to the Son of a General whose Posterity & memory have strong Claims to the Attachment and Regard...
12To James Madison from Joseph Jones, 18 November 1780 (Madison Papers)
RC ( LC : Madison Papers). I have your favour by the last Post and very sincerely wish the Statia news may prove true but I cannot yet believe the Dutchmen will go to War. The Generals Greene and Steuben are here on their way to the Southward. from that quarter we are destitute of intelligence and from the Army to the Eastward in this State we have nothing material to mention. The Enemy still...
13To Thomas Jefferson from D’Anmours, 18 November 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honour to Acquaint your Excellency with a Piece of intelligence, Which if true Can not fail of Being Agreable to you in the present Circumstances. A Gentleman of this town Received last night a letter informing him of our ship Washington at Boston and tels him also that that ship parted in a storm from a french Squadron and fleet of transports in the latt. 32. which were intended...
14To Thomas Jefferson from J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 18 November 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Enclosd I have the Honor to transmit Your Excellency my latest intelligence from Portsmouth. Part of the Brittish Fleet are now in Hampton road, and from every circumstance I am inclind to believe, they intend to Sea. Upon the Enemys moving from Portsmouth, I requested General Nelson to return to the [North] Side of James River, in order to [prep]are for any event that might happen. I have the...
15To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Stevens, 18 November 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 10th Instant, I received. It relieved me from a State of Suspence, and uneasiness. The latter was occasioned from a fear you might have thought unfavourable of my not immediately obeying your order, tho’ the Inclosed Copy of a Letter from Genl. Gates will Convince you that the principles I was actuated from was for the good of the Service, for when I first got here there was not a...