1To Benjamin Franklin from Benjamin Waterhouse, 16 December 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The enclosed letters I brought with me from London—several circumstances concurred to detain me in England longer than I wished or expected, or there would not have been so long a space between the date of these letters and their delivery— Dr. Fothergill would have written to you long before, but deferred it, for obvious reasons, untill some safe...
2Certification of C. W. F. Dumas’ Oath of Allegiance to the United States, 16 December 1780 (Adams Papers)
Charles William Frederick Dumas, personally appeared before Us and took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America, upon the holy Evangelists of Almighty God. MS ( DLC : Dumas Papers); endorsed by Dumas: “Amst. 16e. Dec. 1780. Acte de mon serment de fidélité, aux EtatsUnis. d’Amérique, prêté personnellement entre les mains de leur Min. plénipe. Jn. Adams, à Amsterdam. NB. NB....
3To Benjamin Franklin from Antoine Court de Gébelin, 16 December 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania M. L’Abbe Robin, de la Loge des IX. Soeurs, s’embarque dans deux jours pour l’Amerique Septentrionale où il va remplir la place d’Aumonier auprès de M. Le Comte de Rochambeau. Comme il Seroit charmé de parcourir ces Contrées & d’y être bien annoncé, à qui pouroit-il mieux qu’à vous, Monsieur, demander quelques lettres de recommandation? C’est un homme...
4From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 16 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
In answer to your favor of yesterday, I have to observe; that it appears to me there can be no propriety, in arresting an Officer, in ordinary cases, a long time before he can be brought to tryal; And that in the instance of Major Reed, upon his being brought before the Court, they would be the proper Judges, whether the Proceedings should be postponed, ’till further evidence was obtained. In...
5To George Washington from Lewis Pintard, 16 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
Since my last of the 6th Inst. I have received Your Excellency’s favor of the 9th and have been giving the Subject thereof the most serious Consideration —Nothing short of the most thorough Conviction that my longer Stay in New York could be neither advantagious or Honorable to my Country or myself, would have led me to sacrifice my whole Fortune in that City for the Present, or to have left...
6To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 16 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will receive enclosed, the Copy of an Act of Congress of the 12th Instant, directing that the Garrison at Wyoming be relieved (if you shall Judge that Post necessary) as soon as may be, by Troops from the Continental Army, not belonging to the Line of Pennsylvania or Connecticutt, or Citizens of either of the said States. The present & future Garrison are to be supplied by the...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Amable and Alexander Lory, 16 December 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Answering to your’s Excellency’s letter , concerning our advertisement of the Enciclopedie inserted in the Virginia papers We take leave to give you the following informations on the Said Work: the complet Set Consist in 28 Volumes, Whose Eight are plates, all unbounded, Second Edition, printed at Lucques in Italia by Octavian Diodati, all the Work Collected and put in Order, by Mr. Diderot...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Steuben, 16 December [1780] (Jefferson Papers)
General Green among other requisitions having mentioned the equipment of the Troops raised by the State, I have no doubt but the Legislature will be glad to know what is generally understood by the equipment of a soldier, and therefore take the Liberty of laying before your Excellency the inclosed Estimate with some remarks thereon. I need not mention to your Excellency the necessity of...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Steuben, 16 December 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Richmond, 16 Dec. 1780. Lt. Col. [Richard] Campbell of the 9th Va. regiment, which is now at Fort Pitt, has orders to join his regiment but is unable to do so for want of $4,000 to pay the expenses of the journey. Steuben requests that a warrant for that sum be granted to Campbell so that the public service will not suffer by his longer detention in Richmond. FC ( NHi ); 1 p.
10To Benjamin Franklin from Richard Peters, 16 December 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have just heard of an Adventure of mine out of which I directed you to be paid being captured by the Enemy on its Way to France. I am much chagrined that owing to this Dissappointment you have not received the Money. I sent £30 Sterg & now remit in a Bill for 200 Dollars £45 Sterg. This with Chevr Trecesson’s Bill will make up the £100 Sterg advanced for...